Se repulen (They Spruce Themselves Up)

Enrique Chagoya, artist

born 1953

Segura Publishing, publisher

Se repulen (They Spruce Themselves Up), 1999

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: wove paper; aquatint; etching

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 210 x 147 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 8 1/4 x 5 13/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 367 x 279 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 7/16 x 11 0.9843 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 x 16 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Lucy Shaw Schultz Fund

Accession number: 1999.0142.07

Not on display

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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.