Paletero Muerto
Artist
Fernando Martí
(Ecuadorian, born 1967)
Date2012
Medium2-color screenprint
DimensionsSheet: 18 x 12 in. (45.7 x 30.5 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
CultureEcuadorian
Object numberPC2019.17.05
ClassificationsPrint Collection
DescriptionTwo calaveras stand on either side of an ice cream pushcart or paletería. The palatero on the left wears a baseball cap and the child calavera wears a hoodie and plaid skirt. Suspended between them is an ice cream cone, popsicle stick and ice cream sandwich, each topped with a skull. From the artist: With a child always excited by the appearance of the paletero carts in our barrio (and in front of his school), and having to fend off the high-fructose corn syrup and transfat, I wanted to make a commentary on this, but without insulting the hard-working paleteros (and remembering how much I loved ice cream sandwiches, my favorites, as a kid). My response: “Para los muertos solo lo mejor – puro organico, sin jarabes de alta fructosa y sin transgenicos…”
For the dead, only the best! (Fernando Martí)
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