Diego Ramírez






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Postcard eXotica

2016-18


This video looks at American postcards depicting Mexicans, mostly from the 1900s to the 1930s. The artist is interested in these images because early Hollywood films used them as references to show how Mexicans live, behave and look like.

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Ramirez acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the Land where he lives and works, the Wurundjeri people. He pays his respects to Elders past, present and emerging of the Kulin Nation.