'avarice' By Fernando Mastrangelo is a photograph by Natasha Marco which was uploaded on October 21st, 2012.
'avarice' By Fernando Mastrangelo
'Avarice' by Fernando Mastrangelo, 2008 [The Brooklyn Museum's exhibit 'Connecting Cultures: A World in Brooklyn'].
The artist appropriates one of... more
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'avarice' By Fernando Mastrangelo
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Natasha Marco
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'Avarice' by Fernando Mastrangelo, 2008 [The Brooklyn Museum's exhibit 'Connecting Cultures: A World in Brooklyn'].
The artist appropriates one of Mexico's national symbols, the Aztec Calendar Stone, and retains the central skeletal face of the Sun God, while filling the surrounding areas with contemporary consumer products: pharmaceuticals, soft drinks, candy, sparkplugs, and toothpaste. Made primarily with corn and cornmeal, the depiction of corn-based products draws attention to Mexico's mass cultivation of corn to meet energy needs (via ethanol) and foreign consumer demands. At the same time, an iconic Aztec image suggests parallels between the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish, centuries ago, and the present-day exploitation of local Mexican corn production by North American agribusiness.
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October 21st, 2012
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