Tiro al blanco

Benvenuto Chavajay2008

Details

Title: Tiro al blanco
Creator: Benvenuto Chavajay
Creator Lifespan: 1978
Creator Nationality: Guatemalan
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Birth Place: San Pedro La Laguna, Sololá
Date Created: 2008
Title translation: Target Shooting
Physical Dimensions: w55 x h46 in
About the Work: Benvenuto Chavajay created this work using Suave Chapina, Guatemalan brand rubber thong sandals, the typical footwear worn by contemporary indigenous people in Guatemala. Today Suave Chapina flip flops have become the most popular footwear replacing the traditional leather sandal. As such this object not only becomes a symbol of a specific social class but also of the “breaking” with tradition. The over-all shape of the work is in the form of a hand gun in reference to the growing violence that now exists in Guatemala. Nevertheless the shape of the work is also reminiscent of a map and the use of flip flops is connected to the concepts of dislocation or the footsteps and movement of people leaving their county and thus, immigration.
Provenance: Gift of the artist
Type: Mixed Media-3D
External Link: Museum of Latin American Art
Medium: Sandals, latex and acrylic on board

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