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San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Contemporary Art Visiting Committee and Friends of Contemporary Art.

From the Series: America's Finest

San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Contemporary Art Visiting Committee and Friends of Contemporary Art.
San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Contemporary Art Visiting Committee and Friends of Contemporary Art.

From the Series: America's Finest

Artist: (American, born 1977)
Date: 2014
General region:North and Central America
Printed:South Bend, Indiana, United States
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions:
23 3/4 × 35 in. (60.3 × 88.9 cm)
Framed: 41 × 30 in. (104.1 × 76.2 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Contemporary Art Visiting Committee and Friends of Contemporary Art
Object number: 2016.4.2
Markings: Chop mark, lower right corner
Copyright: © Vincent Valdez
Label Text
This boxer has endured many blows, but still stands resolute. Part of a larger series illustrating boxers of varied ethnicities, Vincent Valdez’s Native American boxer is a martyr. Rendered as Saint Sebastian, his body is punctured with arrows. Valdez addresses racial justice in his artwork, and his boxers embody the socio-economic hardships of young men of color. "For me, they really become icons of those who have stepped up and answered the call, and those who have slaved away and built the nation," Valdez says.

Este boxeador ha recibido varios golpes, pero aún se mantiene firme. Como parte de una serie más amplia que ilustra boxeadores de varias etnias, El boxeador nativo americano de Vincent Valdez es un mártir. Representado como San Sebastián, su cuerpo está atravesado por flechas. Valdez aborda la justicia racial en su obra: sus boxeadores ejemplifican las dificultades socioeconómicas de los jóvenes de color. “Para mí, se convierten en iconos de quienes han dado un paso al frente para responder al llamado, y aquellos que han trabajado arduamente y han construido la nación”, dice Valdez.

(LSM, 2024)

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