Enrique Figueredo: Sigue Pasando Por Aquí

Enrique Figueredo uses the layered language of printmaking to map the fractured edges of cultural and political paradigms. Through kinetic and iterative action, Figueredo challenges viewers to consider the cyclical nature of human history that alternately sparks and subverts revolution.

“This woodcut is a response to a video posted on Twitter by Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. An unknown camera operator in a moving car is documenting an airplane graveyard at Maiquetía International Airport in Venezuela. The video was taken in a selfie-style composition.” -EF

"Figueredo pairs detailed woodcuts of New Mexico’s mission churches with rubbings of Spanish colonial graffiti and bark beetle-infested trees. These narratives of invasion and destruction seem analogous until you consider the beetles’ status as climate refugees driven from Central America to the United States. The insects are thus victims of the long tail of colonialism, even as they echo colonial narratives by ravaging native forests and dominating local insect populations." -JE