'Cómprese una Cabeza y Sabrá Quién es', 2024
£384.00
Unique
Stoneware clay, glaze
11.5cm x 19cm x 18cm
Signed: bottom
"What if we could actually change our heads? This piece is inspired by Benito Fernández (1957), a one-act farce by Elena Garro and her theatrical response to a painful moment in her life. The scene portrays a man selling heads in La Lagunilla, a traditional public market in Mexico City, calling out: "Heads! Heads! The best in Mexico! Change your head to change your luck! New head, new year!" He offers a wide selection: Black, Spanish nobleman, Indigenous, Insurgent, Creole woman, Foreigner. Through this, Garro explores the mestizo’s struggle with identity, caught between contradictions—wanting to be only blonde, only white, rejecting Indigenous or Black heritage. Benito asks: “Do you have heads that fit me? Heads of noble lineage?” The play closes with the line: "Buy a head, and you’ll know who you are.""
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Unique
Stoneware clay, glaze
11.5cm x 19cm x 18cm
Signed: bottom
"What if we could actually change our heads? This piece is inspired by Benito Fernández (1957), a one-act farce by Elena Garro and her theatrical response to a painful moment in her life. The scene portrays a man selling heads in La Lagunilla, a traditional public market in Mexico City, calling out: "Heads! Heads! The best in Mexico! Change your head to change your luck! New head, new year!" He offers a wide selection: Black, Spanish nobleman, Indigenous, Insurgent, Creole woman, Foreigner. Through this, Garro explores the mestizo’s struggle with identity, caught between contradictions—wanting to be only blonde, only white, rejecting Indigenous or Black heritage. Benito asks: “Do you have heads that fit me? Heads of noble lineage?” The play closes with the line: "Buy a head, and you’ll know who you are.""
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Unique
Stoneware clay, glaze
11.5cm x 19cm x 18cm
Signed: bottom
"What if we could actually change our heads? This piece is inspired by Benito Fernández (1957), a one-act farce by Elena Garro and her theatrical response to a painful moment in her life. The scene portrays a man selling heads in La Lagunilla, a traditional public market in Mexico City, calling out: "Heads! Heads! The best in Mexico! Change your head to change your luck! New head, new year!" He offers a wide selection: Black, Spanish nobleman, Indigenous, Insurgent, Creole woman, Foreigner. Through this, Garro explores the mestizo’s struggle with identity, caught between contradictions—wanting to be only blonde, only white, rejecting Indigenous or Black heritage. Benito asks: “Do you have heads that fit me? Heads of noble lineage?” The play closes with the line: "Buy a head, and you’ll know who you are.""
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