Background
He was born in Mexico City in 1953.
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Enrique Chagoya
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He studied economics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City in 1975. In 1984, he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the San Francisco Art Institute and in 1987 an Master of Fine Arts at the University of California at Berkeley.
Career
His subject is the changing nature of culture. He was partly raised by an Amerindian nurse who helped him to respect the indigenous people of his country and their history. As a student, he was sent to work on rural development projects, an experience that strengthened his interest in political and social activism.
His controversial artwork “The Misadventures of the Romantic Cannibals”, which portrays Jesus, and possibly other religious figures, in a context of ambiguous sexual content, is part of 10-artist exhibit called “The Legend of Bud Shark and His Indelible Ink” which is on display in a city-run art museum in Loveland, Colorado.
The copy on exhibit in Loveland, one of a limited edition of 30 lithographs, was destroyed by a woman wielding a crowbar on October 6, 2010. According to the artist the work is a commentary on the Catholic sex abuse cases.
The woman is set to go to court on October 15, 2010.
