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Alejandro Diaz

No Shoes, No Shirt, You're Probably Rich, 2016

Description

Maker

  • Alejandro Diaz, American

Title

No Shoes, No Shirt, You're Probably Rich

Year

2016

Medium

Lightbox with duratrans film

Dimensions

51.8 x 77.2 x 7 cm (20 3/8 x 30 3/8 x 2 3/4 inches)

Identification

Edition

Edition of 20

Type

  • Sculpture

Credit

Gift of Art + Culture Projects

Object Number

2016.50.2

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Phantom of Liberty

May 4 - December 30, 2018

When I finally was exposed to high art in high school and I would see books at the bookstore on pop art or abstract expressionism, I responded immediately in that same way as my grandfather would if he saw a fancy Greek or Roman sculpture somewhere. He would just buy or create the ersatz version of it. When I was exposed to pop art, I wanted to internalize it because I thought maybe that would be the best way to learn about it. But I also almost wanted it as a possession, as an object to have. Because if you grow up in a working-class culture, I think you grow up with this feeling that if you acquire things, you acquire self-worth. –Alejandro Diaz

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