Einar and Jamex de la Torre

Based on Hieronymous Bosch’s Northern Renaissance masterpiece, The Garden of Earthly Delights, Chingon! is a mixed-media triptych that serves as a contemporary interpretation of The Last Judgment. The nude figures occupying the three scenes possess the faces of celebrities, politicians, and other contemporary figures. On the right panel, ancient sculptures and figures containing Mesoamerican features are subject to fire and brimstone, whereas angels and saints greet the figures on the left panel. Clad in golden armor, the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés stands between heaven and hell, violently separating the Indigenous past from its colonial future in a godlike shift.