Cupido Lupita

Dr. Lakra
Untitled (Cupido Lupita), 2006
tatooed plastic doll
32 x 19 x 7.5 cm

Dr Lakra, born Mexico 1972, lives and works in Oaxaca, Mexico

Most Oaxacans have a highly adorned day of the dead altar in their homes, including sugar skulls, mementos and skeletons of all sizes doing day-to-day things. These indicate to the dead that they have returned to the right spot, and act a kind of landing pad, with its objects serving as signals to guide the spirits home. Dr Lakra has created his own shrine to the tattoo that is more a homage to kitschy erotica and grotesque fantasy.

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