David Zukas
Paintings- mixed media: The Other
The Other, acrylic on mirrored wood door 80" X 24"
Much thanks to Michele Wucker and her excellent book Why the Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola. Wucker uses the cockfight as a metaphor of Haitian and Dominican struggle. She explains Tzvetan Todorov’s concept of the Other. “We are defined not only by what is within us but by reflections off those around; they become what is within. For this reason, the Other that is rejected most violently is often the one that resembles us, an interior Other: the one we need most.” The birds are painted on a mirrored door, forcing us to become a part of the struggle.
Much thanks to Michele Wucker and her excellent book Why the Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola. Wucker uses the cockfight as a metaphor of Haitian and Dominican struggle. She explains Tzvetan Todorov’s concept of the Other. “We are defined not only by what is within us but by reflections off those around; they become what is within. For this reason, the Other that is rejected most violently is often the one that resembles us, an interior Other: the one we need most.” The birds are painted on a mirrored door, forcing us to become a part of the struggle.
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