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I Am Not Your Mexican

Past exhibition
May 24 - September 8, 2023 New York City
Jesse Amado, I Am Not Your Mexican, A Rapist, 2023
Jesse Amado, I Am Not Your Mexican, A Rapist, 2023 Installation image by Daniel Terna
Jesse Amado, I Am Not Your Mexican, A Rapist, 2023 Installation image by Daniel Terna
Jesse Amado, I Am Not Your Mexican, A Rapist, 2023 Installation image by Daniel Terna

Jesse Amado American, b. 1951

I Am Not Your Mexican, A Rapist, 2023
100% virgin wool felt, acrylic on chicharrón, silver chain
30.5 x 30.5 x 4 in
77.5 x 77.5 x 10.2 cm
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Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Fernando Polidura, Twenty-eighth Adjustment, Twenty-ninth Adjustment, Thirtieth Adjustment Triptych, 2023
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Fernando Polidura, Twenty-eighth Adjustment, Twenty-ninth Adjustment, Thirtieth Adjustment Triptych, 2023
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Fernando Polidura, Twenty-eighth Adjustment, Twenty-ninth Adjustment, Thirtieth Adjustment Triptych, 2023
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Fernando Polidura, Twenty-eighth Adjustment, Twenty-ninth Adjustment, Thirtieth Adjustment Triptych, 2023
Jesse Amado’s artwork remarks on issues of identity and representation in the history of art. The title immediately calls attention to the artist’s Mexican heritage and parallels that of the...
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Jesse Amado’s artwork remarks on issues of identity and representation in the history of art. The title immediately calls attention to the artist’s Mexican heritage and parallels that of the film “I Am Not Your Negro” (2016). The movie, based on James Baldwin’s writing, offers a history of the systematic marginalization of Black American historical figures and events through their misrepresentation (or under-representation) in mainstream historical narratives. Thus, the title’s reference serves as an entry point to understand art that may at first appear to be highly conceptual or purely abstract. The work is particularly important for its innovative use of chicharrón, which is a highly-charged food product with both cultural and social-economic commentary. 
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