Eugenio Merino Spain, b. 1975
Postales decoloniales, 2022
Laser cut and collage on postal card.
15 x 10 cm. each; 33 x 28 cm. framed.
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The Decolonial Postcards project presents a collection of tourist postcards from various cities intervened by the artist. In these postcards, we find colonial monuments in the process of being demolished....
The Decolonial Postcards project presents a collection of tourist postcards from various cities intervened by the artist. In these postcards, we find colonial monuments in the process of being demolished. In this case, we see cut-out silhouettes of Christopher Columbus reeling in the process of falling. Merino points out in this way that tourist postcards and the monuments they spread have traditionally served as a vehicle for ideological propaganda in the hands of the hegemonic power.