Dream

Work on Paper

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di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art

The Incorrect Museum 2025

The Incorrect Museum 2025

Name/Title

Dream

Entry/Object ID

2048

Description

Border patrol text in upper left with black and white boxes beneath, plane in middle with pilot figure in upper right, Mary and child figure in middle

Artwork Details

Medium

Acrylic and water based oil on ink jet on amate paper, mounted on linen

Category

Work on Paper

Acquisition

Accession

AR2048

Source or Donor

Anglim/Trimble

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Artist

Enrique Chagoya

Date made

2002

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Object

Height

48 in

Width

48 in

Depth

1-1/2 in

Exhibitions

Exhibition

The Incorrect Museum - Ongoing

Notes

May 3, 2025 - December 9, 2025, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

Exhibition

The Incorrect Museum: Vignettes from the di Rosa Collection

Notes

April 17, 2021- April 17, 2022, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

Exhibition

Be Not Still: Living in Uncertain Times (Part 1)

Notes

January 23 - May 27, 2018, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

Research Notes

Web Links and URLs

Be Not Still: Living in Uncertain Times

Notes

In his works on canvas and amate (a bark paper indigenous to Mexico), Enrique Chagoya (b. 1953) layers imagery from art history, mass media, and his Mexican Heritage to comment on the politics of representation within art and culture. Both of these works address issues of cultural identity and how identity is established: What is a real American? Who is a real Mexican? Calling on a mixture of political and religious references, symbolic characters carry out scenes related to citizenship, immigration, and xenophobia, creating a direct connection to Ala Ebtekar’s nearby installation. Chagoya’s charged tableaus present multiple angle through which to consider how a body politic is created, defined, and communicated.