Ideological Monuments / Historical Relations is composed of 8 photographic triptychs, diptychs and single images of historical monuments photographed throughout Latin American cities. These monuments were erected to pay homage, memorialize and/or historicize political struggles in public space. This work establishes historical relations between ideologies and discourses of “conquest,” “liberation,” “ascension,” “independence,” and “oppression.”
Ideological Monuments / Historical Relations # 1
(Monument to Óscar Arnulfo Romero (San Salvador), Monument to the Nameless Guerrilla Soldier (Managua), and Monument to Justice (Tegucigalpa))
27 x 9 inches (Triptych)
Ideological Monuments / Historical Relations # 2
(Allegory of the Constitution—Monument to the Revolution (San Salvador), Monument to Simón Bolívar, El genio (Caracas), and Monument to Vasco Nuñez de Balboa (Panamá City))
27 x 9 inches (Triptych)
Ideological Monuments / Historical Relations # 3
(Ché Guevara (El Alto, Bolivia), Catholic University of Chile (Santiago) and Monument to Sandino (Managua))
27 x 9 inches (Triptych)
Ideological Monuments / Historical Relations # 4
(Monument to Salvador Allende (Santiago), Monument to the Constitution (San Salvador) and Monument to the Soldier (Tegucigalpa)
27 x 9 inches (Triptych)
Ideological Monuments / Historical Relations # 5
(Bust of a Martyr (Guatemala City))
11 x 9 inches (Single)
Ideological Monuments / Historical Relations # 6
(Monument to the Workers (Managua), Detail of a mural by Apacheta (La Paz) and Monument to Students (Panama City))
27 x 9 inches (Triptych)
Ideological Monuments / Historical Relations # 7
(Monument to General Belgrano (Buenos Aires), Detail of a mural at Museo Nacional de Historia—Castillo de Chapultepec (Mexico City))
19 x 9 inches (Diptych)
Ideological Monuments / Historical Relations # 8
(Traitor—Vandalized mural depicting Hugo Chávez (Caracas)) 11 x 9 inches (Single)