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Enrique Chagoya, Professor of Art & Art History at Stanford, lived on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border in the late 70’s, and in Europe in the late 90’s. His work juxtaposes secular, popular, and religious symbols to address the ongoing cultural clash between the United States, Latin America and the world as well. He uses familiar pop icons to create deceptively friendly points of entry for the discussion of complex issues. Through these seemingly harmless characters Chagoya examines the recurring subject of colonialism and oppression that continues to riddle contemporary American foreign policy. His work is found in museum collections internationally including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum, the Whitney Museum, and Grinnell College Museum of Art. Co-sponsored by the Grinnell College Museum of Art and the Center for Humanities.