"Po’Pay," silkscreen by Eric J. Garcia
Created in 2020, when controversial monuments were coming down, this monumental print memorializes the Indigenous revolutionary leader, Po’Pay. In 1680, Po’Pay organized the only successful native uprising against the conquering Europeans in North America, known as the Pueblo Revolt. This oversized print is in reaction to all the monuments erected in honor of the conquerors, like the obelisk in the historic Santa Fe plaza in New Mexico, that commemorated U.S. soldiers who died "in the various battles with savage Indians" and the equestrian statue dedicated to Juan de Oñate, the Spanish colonizer of New Mexico infamous for cutting off the right foot of twenty-four Acoma men. In 1998, the Oñate statue was vandalized by someone who sawed off the statue’s right foot. In 2020, the obelisk in the Santa Fe plaza was pulled down by protestors. In this three foot tall print, Po’Pay holds the toppled Santa Fe obelisk and Oñate’s dismembered foot as a monumental gesture of resistance and resilience.
This 2-color 24x36'' extra-large silkscreen print is MONUMENTAL.
Printed on Cougar Cover Natural in a limited edition of 140, signed and numbered by the artist.
Ships rolled.
Created in 2020, when controversial monuments were coming down, this monumental print memorializes the Indigenous revolutionary leader, Po’Pay. In 1680, Po’Pay organized the only successful native uprising against the conquering Europeans in North America, known as the Pueblo Revolt. This oversized print is in reaction to all the monuments erected in honor of the conquerors, like the obelisk in the historic Santa Fe plaza in New Mexico, that commemorated U.S. soldiers who died "in the various battles with savage Indians" and the equestrian statue dedicated to Juan de Oñate, the Spanish colonizer of New Mexico infamous for cutting off the right foot of twenty-four Acoma men. In 1998, the Oñate statue was vandalized by someone who sawed off the statue’s right foot. In 2020, the obelisk in the Santa Fe plaza was pulled down by protestors. In this three foot tall print, Po’Pay holds the toppled Santa Fe obelisk and Oñate’s dismembered foot as a monumental gesture of resistance and resilience.
This 2-color 24x36'' extra-large silkscreen print is MONUMENTAL.
Printed on Cougar Cover Natural in a limited edition of 140, signed and numbered by the artist.
Ships rolled.
Created in 2020, when controversial monuments were coming down, this monumental print memorializes the Indigenous revolutionary leader, Po’Pay. In 1680, Po’Pay organized the only successful native uprising against the conquering Europeans in North America, known as the Pueblo Revolt. This oversized print is in reaction to all the monuments erected in honor of the conquerors, like the obelisk in the historic Santa Fe plaza in New Mexico, that commemorated U.S. soldiers who died "in the various battles with savage Indians" and the equestrian statue dedicated to Juan de Oñate, the Spanish colonizer of New Mexico infamous for cutting off the right foot of twenty-four Acoma men. In 1998, the Oñate statue was vandalized by someone who sawed off the statue’s right foot. In 2020, the obelisk in the Santa Fe plaza was pulled down by protestors. In this three foot tall print, Po’Pay holds the toppled Santa Fe obelisk and Oñate’s dismembered foot as a monumental gesture of resistance and resilience.
This 2-color 24x36'' extra-large silkscreen print is MONUMENTAL.
Printed on Cougar Cover Natural in a limited edition of 140, signed and numbered by the artist.
Ships rolled.