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Performance commemorates Cinco de Mayo as well as providing commentary on Columbus' role in the decimation and exploitation of native peoples. This photo is of a stage set or installation art for ambiance. On the ground is a ship dated October 12, 1492, and beneath it, a cross. Against the back wall is a picture of a crowd with their hands up, possibly at a third reich rally. Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica. The picture is placed in a boat named "U.S.S. Amnesty". Text on the boat reads, "If you catch an alien, you ought to clean 'em and try 'em yourself.- Hi Ezell." Ezell was the Western Regional Commissioner for the Immigration Naturalization Services under Regan. Cat.3 053(17) The artist of any work retains all rights to that work. Copyright has not been assigned to the Regents of the University of California. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. No further reproduction is permitted without prior written permission by the artist or copyright holder. Any requests for permission to reproduce this piece must be directed to: Centro Cultural de la Raza 2125 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA 92101, 619-235-6135, 619-595-0034 fax, E-mail:centro@centroraza.com. Web: http://www.centroraza.com/
Chicano art Chicanos Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday) Mexican American art Mexican Americans Ships in art Immigration Installations (Art) Crosses in art Columbus, Christopher
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