El sueño de la razón produce monstruos (The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters), Enrique Chagoya; Segura Publishing

Exhibition Label:
"Sum of the Parts: Recent Works on Paper," Jun-2001, Stephen Goddard
The Caprichos, a series of 80 viciously cynical prints etched by Francisco Goya in 1799, are a high-water mark in the genre of the satirical print. Generations of artists have responded to Goya’s superb images that concern the imperfec-tions of humanity. In this case, the contemporary Mexican American artist Enrique Chagoya brings the Caprichos up to date. In number 43 (The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters) the demons in Goya’s prototype have become fighters and bombers, and in number 51, in which Goya ridiculed witches who spruce themselves up, we see Senator Jesse Helms and Jerry Falwell trimming their nails after they have cut off the feet of Tinky Winky, the purple Teletubby that they identified with gay pride.

Archive Label 2003 (version 2):
One of the many prints inspired by Dürer’s Melencolia I is Francesco Goya’s best known print, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters from his series Los Caprichos. Enrique Chagoya has recently brought Goya’s brilliant satirical prints up to date. In this instance nuclear waste and the instruments of war have induced melancholy and the sleep of reason.