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title El Gallo

description Serigraph on paper, 29.5 in. x 22 in. Taller 75 Grados, Mexico City, MX. Desert Triangle Print Carpeta. The print is based on a series of paintings done in 2013 titled Tres Animales (El Gallo, El Chivo, El Coyote). The animal portraits were done on old Sonidero Party posters found on the streets of Canutillo, TX. The title is inspired by the song Mis Tres Animales by Mexican norteño band, Los Tucanes De Tijuana, who describe the song as one of their "valientes crónicas del acontecer diario" or "brave chronicles of everyday life." The song is a first-person narrative where a drug dealer uses animals to metaphorically speak about the products he sells in the U.S. In both song and the print, el gallo symbolizes a marijuana cigarette and along with the other animals is used to describe the narco culture and its impact on everyday life. For the artists, it also represents the human factor involved in transforming an animal and a plant as complex symbols of social behavior; this is why the rooster has a human eye. Los Dos is the collaboration moniker of husband-and-wife duo Ramon and Christian Cárdenas. Ramon is a Filipino-American visual artist and co-founder of Maintain, a multimedia artist network formed in 2007 and involved in curating cultural art events and projects in El Paso, TX. Christian is a female mixed media artist from Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua, with a background in textiles, design, and printmaking. Their approach is ethnographic in nature; describing their unique border culture, as well as their own Filipino and Mexican heritage, respectively.

subject Drugs Borderlands Frontera Screen prints Prints Life and Experiences in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands (exhibition)

contributor Mexic-Arte Museum (MAM)