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Miguel Calderón — La quebrada (from the Greetings from My Hairy Nuts series)
Miguel Calderón

La quebrada (from the Greetings from My Hairy Nuts series)

Miguel Calderón's *La quebrada* is part of his irreverent *Greetings from My Hairy Nuts* series, in which the artist superimposes imagery of his own body onto the visual language of kitschy tourist postcards. The work plays on the iconic cliff divers of La Quebrada in Acapulco, merging nationalistic nostalgia with absurdist humor and a provocative corporeal presence. Calderón's approach undermines romanticized depictions of Mexican identity and landscape through a lens of crude, self-deprecating wit.

Medium
Chromogenic Print

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Latin America

May 23, 2013

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Miguel Calderón, La quebrada (from the Greetings from My Hairy Nuts series)

Miguel Calderón's *La quebrada* is part of his irreverent *Greetings from My Hairy Nuts* series, in which the artist superimposes imagery of his own body onto the visual language of kitschy tourist postcards. The work plays on the iconic cliff divers of La Quebrada in Acapulco, merging nationalistic nostalgia with absurdist humor and a provocative corporeal presence. Calderón's approach undermines romanticized depictions of Mexican identity and landscape through a lens of crude, self-deprecating wit.

Medium
Chromogenic Print
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Mexican Art, Photography, Body, Conceptual, Humor, Portrait, Provocation, Contemporary

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