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SILHOUETTES

2021

Artist John Hood is recognized for creating the 'Running Family Silhouette' in the 1990s, in response to numerous immigrant pedestrian deaths along the Mexico–United States border. I encountered this symbol while driving near the Texas-Mexico border.

 

Inspired, I reinterpreted these silhouettes using dirt I had collected at the border between Texas and Mexico, which I applied to photographs of landscapes from the same area. The elevated position of the silhouettes in my artwork symbolizes 'The Wall', an extension of the existing barriers at the Mexico–United States border that was intensified during the presidency of Donald Trump, illustrating the challenges immigrants face when attempting to cross the border.

SILHOUETTES #12 | 2021 | dirt on photography paper | 22 x 17 in

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SILHOUETTES #11 | 2021 | dirt on photography paper | 22 x 17 in

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SILHOUETTES #1 | 2021 | dirt on photography paper | 19 x 13 in

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SILHOUETTES #1 | 2021 | dirt on photography paper | 19 x 13 in

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SILHOUETTES #2 | 2021 | dirt on photography paper | 19 x 13 in

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SILHOUETTES #3 | 2021 | dirt on photography paper | 19 x 13 in

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SILHOUETTES #4 | 2021 | dirt on photography paper | 19 x 13 in

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SILHOUETTES #5 | 2021 | dirt on photography paper | 19 x 13 in

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SILHOUETTES #6 | 2021 | dirt on photography paper | 19 x 13 in

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SILHOUETTES #7 | 2021 | dirt on photography paper | 19 x 13 in

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SILHOUETTES #8 | 2021 | dirt on photography paper | 19 x 13 in

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SILHOUETTES #9 | 2021 | dirt on photography paper | 19 x 13 in

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SILHOUETTES #10 | 2021 | dirt on photography paper | 19 x 13 in

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