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Nabil Gonzalez

Memento Mori

Maker

Nabil Gonzalez (American, b. 1988), (RISD MFA 2016, Printmaking)

Title

Memento Mori

Year

2016

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

Overall: 29 x 32.5 x 2.6 cm (11 7/16 x 12 13/16 x 1 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and numbered in graphite on colophon page

Identification

Edition

1/1

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Print Purchase Award

Object Number

2016.71

Type

Exhibition History

Un/Settled
Dec 22, 2017 – Jul 08, 2018

Label copy

Since 1993, hundreds of women have disappeared and died in the border area of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas. [Gonzalez is a native of El Paso and continues to live there.] The committed crimes towards women of this area have become known as “Las Muertas de Juarez,” or the Juarez Femicides. . . . It is unsettling that so many women have gone missing and fallen victims of these unsolved crimes, but what’s more alarming is that the Mexican government has not made the effort to address this problem.

I create memorials for a faceless fraction of society by acknowledging their existence and reestablishing their human identities with every action and mark present in my work.

To see the entire book, visit risdmuseum.org/gonzalez.

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Tombstone

Nabil Gonzalez (American, b. 1988)
Memento Mori, 2016
Artist's book with watercolor, tea staining, and Xerox transferred text on kozo paper; bound in mulberry paper with sumi ink, hair, and title Xerox transferred on the cover
Overall: 29 x 32.5 x 2.6 cm (11 7/16 x 12 13/16 x 1 inches)
Print Purchase Award 2016.71

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