id:			308684
accession number:	2018.17
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.17
updated:		2022-01-04 18:07:34.907000

The Adventures of the Modernist Cannibals (Les Aventures des Cannibales Modernistes), 1999. Enrique Chagoya (American, b. 1953), published by Shark's Ink, printed by Shark's Ink. Accordion-folded book with eight lithograph and woodcut with chine collé panels; each page: 19 x 29.3 cm (7 1/2 x 11 9/16 in.); overall: 19.2 x 235.1 cm (7 9/16 x 92 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 2018.17 © Enrique Chagoya

title:				The Adventures of the Modernist Cannibals (Les Aventures des Cannibales Modernistes)
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creation date:			1999
creation date earliest:		1999
creation date latest:		1999
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
copyright:			© Enrique Chagoya

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culture:	America
technique:	Accordion-folded book with eight lithograph and woodcut with chine collé panels
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Lithograph
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Enrique Chagoya (American, b. 1953)  - artist

* Shark's Ink  - published by

* Shark's Ink  - printed by

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measurements: Each page: 19 x 29.3 cm (7 1/2 x 11 9/16 in.); Overall: 19.2 x 235.1 cm (7 9/16 x 92 9/16 in.)
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edition of the work: 	t/p 1/1

support materials:

	description:	Handmade ivory Papel de Amate paper with white Thai Mulberry chine collé
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Who RU2 Day: Mass Media and the Fine Art Print
	opening date:   2018-11-18T05:00:00
	<i>Who RU2 Day: Mass Media and the Fine Art Print</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 18, 2018-March 24, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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Enrique Chagoya modeled <em>Les Aventures des Cannibales Modernistes </em>on the format of a pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican codex. By altering, combining, and juxtaposing images from diverse sources, Chagoya presents cultural and religious icons in contradictory and unexpected contexts, thus disrupting a linear view of history. In this topsy-turvy world, Mexican stereotypes play dominant roles, complicating the idea of European political and artistic supremacy.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Payton, Cydney, and John Buck. The Legend of Bud Shark and His Indelible Ink. San Francisco, CA: Hardy Marks, 2009.
	page number: 	p. 50, plate 12
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	Johnstone, Mark, and Leslie Aboud Holzman. Epicenter: San Francisco Bay Area Art Now. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2002.
	page number: 	p. 40-45
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	Jones, Christopher. <em>Reverse Modernism: Enrique Chagoya’s </em>Les aventures des cannibals modernistes. Master’s thesis: University of New Mexico, 2007.
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	Selz, Peter, and Susan Landauer. Art of Engagement: Visual Politics in California and Beyond. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005.
	page number: 	p. 64, 180-181
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	Torre, Blanca de la. <em>Palimpsesto Canibal: Enrique Chagoya.</em> Basque Museum-Centre of Contemporary Art, 2013
	page number: 	illus. p. 69
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