La Revolución
| La Revolución | |
| Object date | 2014 |
| Place of Origin | Mexico |
| Designer | Fabián Chaírez |
| Manufacturer | – |
| Materials | Oil painting |
by student Lucia Llerena
La Revolución (2014) is a painting by Fabían Chaírez that portrays Emiliano Zapata, the revolutionary general and stereotype of Mexican masculinity, naked, wearing heels and riding a horse with an erection. Even though it was painted in 2014, it was only last year that it caused a controversy because it was going to be part of an exposition in the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City.
I decided to analyze this figure as a liminal space, as a way to observe how history can be seen as untouchable and unquestionable, and how, after situating this national hero in a public space, we are opening a dialogue about the past.
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