Don’t Shoot Diego

Diego Romero, artist

Cultural affiliations: Kotyit (Cochiti)

born 1964, active circa 1986–present

Landfall Press, printer and publisher

active 2004–present

Don’t Shoot Diego, 2015

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: color lithograph

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 483 x 416 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 19 1/2 x 16 3/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 638 x 569 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 25 1/8 x 22 3/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 32 x 24 in

Credit line: Gift of Landfall Press, Inc.

Accession number: 2017.0059

Not on display

Add to portfolio

If you wish to reproduce this image, please submit an image request

Images

Label texts

Past Presence

Diego Romero is a third-generation Cochiti Pueblo artist who works in ceramics and printmaking. Romero’s love of comics and pop culture is evident in the graphic style of Don’t Shoot Diego. The depicted scene references Diego de Vargas’s reconquest of the territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. Vargas, the governor of the territory, reoccupied the capital at Santa Fe in 1692, reimposing Spanish rule and quashing a second revolt in 1696. Though Vargas’s reconquest of Santa Fe de Nuevo México is sometimes characterized as bloodless, this print reminds viewers of the campaign’s violence and brutality.