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Artworks
Sandra Monterroso Guatemalan, b. 1974
La Otra Línea Histórica, Cara o Cruz, 2017Achiote, linen, watercolour, feathers and copper coins15.5 x 844 cm (check if it is 810 cm)Series: Edition 2/3Further images
La otra línea histórica, cara o cruz (2017) is made from small tufts of black feathers, achiote-stained blankets and pennies showing the face of Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, a...La otra línea histórica, cara o cruz (2017) is made from small tufts of black feathers, achiote-stained blankets and pennies showing the face of Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, a Spanish Crown cleric, and Guatemala’s national coat of arms. Using the same feathers from her 2014 performance, La Devolución del Penacho de Vucub Caquix, that references Moctezuma’s headdress, La otra línea histórica, cara o cruz addresses the long-standing pan-indigenous concerns about independence, cultural appropriation and sovereignty.2of 2
