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Francisco X Camplis
born San Francisco, California 1934
Untitled (February), from Galería de la Raza's 1975 Calendario
1975
screenprint on paper
Camplis's print suggests the power held by multinational corporations, law enforcement, and covert government groups during the 1960s and 1970s, when governments worldwide clamped down on democracy and political dissent. He pairs acronyms that reference these entities with a scene of violent repression. His image was inspired by stories he heard during a chance encounter. In the mid-1970s, the artist met a man in California who had been a member of the Halcones, a repressive paramilitary group active in Mexico during the presidency of Luis Echeverría (1970–76).
Gift of the Margaret Terrazas Santos Collection, 2019.52.12 |