The piece is composed of “black mirrors” that combine representations of “Indianness”, drawn from Mexico’s postcolonial cultural repertoire, with pre-Hispanic masks placed at the viewer’s eye-level. By incorporating the viewer’s body into the interplay between these portraits and reflections, Lasch puts pressure on the cultural associations and racial constructions that constitute the split identity of the post-colonial spectator.


PEDRO LASCH (1975)
Espectro indígena: espejo negro 13 a 21, 2014
Indigenous Spectrum: Black Mirror 13 to 21
Installation. Photographic prints behind tinted glass and pre-Hispanic figures on metal structures and wooden bases
Variable dimensions
Gift of the artist, 2016