Image / Not Cristo

View source image on the Online Archive of California.

Get Citation

Have a question about this item?

Contact Owner

Item information. View source record on the Online Archive of California.

Title: Not Cristo
Creator: Avalos, David, Artist
Contributor: Avalos, David, Artist
Date Created and/or Issued: ca. 1986
1989-01-01
1989-12-31
Publication Information: California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Dept of Special Collections, Donald Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, cema@library.ucsb.edu, (805) 893-8563, URL: http://cemaweb.library.ucsb.edu/cema_index.html
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara, Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Collection: Centro Cultural de la Raza archives
Rights Information: Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Consult repository for copyright holder information
California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Dept of Special Collections, Donald Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010; cema@library.ucsb.edu (805) 893-8563
Description: Photo of David Avalos installation from an unknown exhibition featuring a collage beneath the crossed-out word 'Cristo'. The area surrounding the collage and text is smeared with red paint resembling blood. Text on either side of the collage reads, "Christ is the perfect victim you can abuse him all you want and he will still forgive you... Cristo goes both ways at the border and thus becomes meaningful as a symbol for social and political change." The collage features images of Christ, Immigration Commisioner Leonel Castillo, and the text "A Shephard Policeman". On either side of the area smeared with blood are reproductions from a newspaper article titled " Boy finds scars of shooting burn deep in his mind."
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/;
Type: image
Form/Genre: 35mm slide
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb4n39p1kx
CEMA 12
Language: English
Subject: Art - Exhibitions
Border art
Chicano art
Chicanos
Installations (Art)
Mexican American art
Mexican Americans
Jesus Christ in art
Immigration
Collage
Mixed media
Newspapers in art
Mexican American Border Region
Violence
Place: San Diego (Calif.)

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.