SAC - SAC 2 (QUESTION 5)

Question 1

SAC - SAC 2 (QUESTION 5) PART 1
Question 5: Identify one artwork you viewed on the excursion. Explain the intention of the artist (6 marks)

Title of artwork: XXXXXXXXXX (2014)
Name of artist: Ramiro Chaves

At ACCA, one artwork I viewed on the excursion was Ramiro Chave’s risographic prints XXXXXXXXXX (2014). … the artist intends to personally investigate the implications of the letter X in Mexico’s history. …

Answer 1

Answer: At ACCA, one artwork I viewed on the excursion was Ramiro Chave’s risographic prints XXXXXXXXXX (2014). While living in Mexico, Chaves has taken “a special interest in how traces of cultural memory can be seen in architectural forms and legacies”. In his risographic prints, the artist intends to personally investigate the implications of the letter X in Mexico’s history. …

Question 2

SAC - SAC 2 (QUESTION 5) PART 2
Question 5: Identify one artwork you viewed on the excursion. Explain the intention of the artist (6 marks)

Title of artwork: XXXXXXXXXX (2014)
Name of artist: Ramiro Chaves

… The letter X, in post-Revolution Mexico, both symbolizes and perpetuates the myth of a unified mestizos (mixed race)…. According to Chaves, “the marvelous history of the X in Mexico is the foundational fiction of the country’s modernity”. …

Answer 2

… The letter X, in post-Revolution Mexico, both symbolizes and perpetuates the myth of a unified mestizos (mixed race). Also, the letter X began to appear as both an ornament and a structure in buildings throughout the country which therefore, reinforces the ideas of a modern, integrated Mexico. According to Chaves, “the marvelous history of the X in Mexico is the foundational fiction of the country’s modernity”. …

Question 3

SAC - SAC 2 (QUESTION 5) PART 3
Question 5: Identify one artwork you viewed on the excursion. Explain the intention of the artist (6 marks)

Title of artwork: XXXXXXXXXX (2014)
Name of artist: Ramiro Chaves

… He further intends to use his ongoing exploration and research of ways that the letter X has manifested within Mexican urban environments within his artwork. What I have seen in Chave’s prints supports his intention…. an “opportunity to playfully reflect on how communities and individuals establish distinct identities”.

Answer 3

… He further intends to use his ongoing exploration and research of ways that the letter X has manifested within Mexican urban environments within his artwork. What I have seen in Chave’s prints supports his intention. In Chave’s 200 risographic prints, the artist has used the letter X in order to communicate and explore (in a variety of ways) how the letter X has manifested within the Mexican urban environments. As a result, the artist has been given an “opportunity to playfully reflect on how communities and individuals establish distinct identities”.