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With a background in fashion and commercial photography, Cara Romero creates dramatic, even cinematic, images of contemporary indigenous persons, asserting their place in the 21st century. In this image, Romero gathered televisions from a recycling center and placed them in the New Mexican landscape. On the screens are "Indian" characters in fictional works, portrayed in stereotypical ways by non-Native actors. A group of Pueblo people sit around the TVs, creating a confrontation between real people and the fictional creations supposedly inspired by them.

Source: DMAC News Jan Feb Mar Apr 2023 


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Cara Romero
DimensionsFrame: 25 7/8 × 36 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (65.7 × 92.7 × 5.7 cm)
Image: 20 3/4 × 32 in. (52.7 × 81.3 cm)
Accession Number 2022.45
Classificationsphotograph
Paper/SupportLegacy Platine paper, framed
ProvenanceArtist; Jim and Ellen Hubbell [purchased from previous]; Des Moines Art Center [gifted by previous, 2022]
TV Indians (Color)
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines