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Eduardo Villacis Download Artist Statement and Resume In Smoking Mirror, Ecuadorian artist Eduardo Villacis posits an alternative history following the landing of Columbus on the shores of the Americas. Instead of a European conquest of Aztec culture, Villacis envisions Columbus taken prisoner, his navigational tools examined and used to embark on an adventure to subdue and colonize a new world which will be renamed “Amexica.” This installation is a mock historical museum, complete with artworks, artifacts, and historical fragments of a vanquished people who once called their land “U-rop.” With this ambitious project, Villacis reflects on racism and the manipulation of religious beliefs as ideologies of conquest and as tools of deceit. This exhibition was held at Bert Green Fine Art in 2006-2007. Installation photos here. A full color, 36 page catalog is available for sale. See Catalogs Page. |
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