Cannon Fodder
Original Language TitleCarne de Cañon
Artist
Betsabeé Romero
(Mexican, born 1963)
Date2011
MediumRemote control car covered with painted pig skin
DimensionsOverall: 8 3/4 × 28 1/2 × 13 1/2 inches (22.23 × 72.39 × 34.29 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation
Object number2013.12.1
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DescriptionThis sculpture is a remote control car covered with tattooed pig skin. The tattoos depict skeletons on the hood of the car along with other motifs, including roses, barbed wire, and grave markers.Copyright© Betsabeé Romero
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Matthew Pillsbury
2008; printed 2009
2009.71.25
