Eric Avery
United States, b. 1948 History, 1984
Linoleum cut
Museum purchase: Friends of the Art Museum, 1991.0011
Deborah Wye has summarized, "Inspired by the book The Cry of the People (Penny Lernoux, 1982), on the subject of the United States involvement in Latin America, Avery appropriated a Mexican paper cutout to sumbolize the relationship of the United States to the countries of Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico. He transferred the Mexican image to linoleum, slightly altering the skeleton figures and adding the names of the countries, all with macabre results. The United States becomes a Satan, controlling the activities of others."
