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Jesse Amado American, b. 1951
Take Out Chicken Fried Steak, 2023Virgin wool felt and acrylic on styrofoam24 x 24 x 4 in
61 x 61 x 10.2 cmFurther images
Jesse Amado makes a radical cultural shock by confronting Latin/Mexican everyday life and contemporary museum art by adapting the monochrome of Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935) as a plane where pork rinds...Jesse Amado makes a radical cultural shock by confronting Latin/Mexican everyday life and contemporary museum art by adapting the monochrome of Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935) as a plane where pork rinds or the popular Mexican snack Pulparindo and the felt used by Robert Morris (1931-2018) in his historic Anti-form sculptures are equally mixed.
The series is particularly important for its innovative use of chicharrón (pork rind) or Styrofoam fast food containers, products with both cultural and social-economic commentary.
