Santo Trujillo is Dead, from the series Island of Many Gods

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Object Details

Artist

Scherezade García, born Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1966

Exhibition Label

García’s lushly painted and drawn works evoke the tragic yet hopeful stories that spur migration. Her angelic mestizo (racially mixed) figures are archetypes of the people of the Americas. In Santo Trujillo is Dead, García refers to the assassination of the director Rafael Trujillo in 1961, which led to the first major exodus of Dominicans to the United States. García’s wounded but still standing angel celebrated the possibility of a better future.

Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, 2013

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the R.P. Whitty Company and the Cooperating Committee on Architecture

Copyright

Date

2006

Object number

2013.28.2

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Painting

Medium

acrylic, charcoal, ink, and sequins on paper

Dimensions

sheet and image: 30 x 22 1/4 in. (76.2 x 56.5 cm)

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Department

Graphic Arts

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Figure

Religion\saint

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk740b10c1d-aa55-4a58-a651-789ae86044d2

Record ID

saam_2013.28.2