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Dos Caras A.D.
Dos Caras A.D.

Dos Caras A.D.

Primary (Torrance, California, 1964–)
NationalityAmerican, North America
Date1997
MediumScreenprint
Edition Info14/65
Catalogue raisonnéGuzman, Appendix C: Silk Screen Prints (1983-2003), p.111
DimensionsSheet: 26 × 20 in. (66.1 × 50.8 cm)
Image: 19 1/4 × 12 15/16 in. (48.9 × 32.8 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Gilberto Cárdenas, 2017.397
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2017.397
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Label Text
During the 1990s, as artists explored the many cultural elements bringing together the Mexican American and Latinx communities in Los Angeles, popular sports became a recurrent subject for its rich and recognizable imagery. Victor Gastelum often depicts Mexican professional wrestling, or "lucha libre", a sport combining athletics with entertainment that he watched on television as a child. He considers it a part of Mexican popular culture that achieved international prominence but rarely receives credit. In "Dos Caras A.D.", Gastelum portrays famous wrestler Dos Caras wearing his distinctive mask bearing a two-headed eagle.
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