art on are you electronichttps://www.areyouelectronic.com/tags/art/Recent content in art on are you electronicHugoenhi@areyouelectronic.com (Justin Garofoli)hi@areyouelectronic.com (Justin Garofoli)Fri, 01 May 2026 17:48:40 -0700art of the americashttps://www.areyouelectronic.com/posts/2026/art-of-the-americas/Fri, 01 May 2026 17:48:40 -0700hi@areyouelectronic.com (Justin Garofoli)https://www.areyouelectronic.com/posts/2026/art-of-the-americas/I liked the Arts of the Americas exhibit, which is older and new Native American (North and South) stuff. But I didn’t take any photos of it because I was moved by the extractive colonialism of it. I don’t know if the museum handled it well or not.

The Teotihuacan mural pieces from the elite’s compound were cool, but they had been brutally hammered out of the wall. They were literal fragments. Dated to the 3rd-8th century, I guess, found in situ centuries later by some European or a looter seeking sellable wares. Like a rich person said “I want” and pointed and it was taken. No regard for the surrounding stuff.

]]>I liked the Arts of the Americas exhibit, which is older and new Native American (North and South) stuff. But I didn’t take any photos of it because I was moved by the extractive colonialism of it. I don’t know if the museum handled it well or not.

The Teotihuacan mural pieces from the elite’s compound were cool, but they had been brutally hammered out of the wall. They were literal fragments. Dated to the 3rd-8th century, I guess, found in situ centuries later by some European or a looter seeking sellable wares. Like a rich person said “I want” and pointed and it was taken. No regard for the surrounding stuff.

I have no idea if that’s how it happened. The museum didn’t have any provenance written there that I saw. No story of how these beautiful things got here and when, or if, respect re-entered the story. They were in a somber room, darkened and set off; the museum manipulating the viewers emotions, or legit care, I don’t know.

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