Fabián Cháirez

La Revolución

Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 30 cm

2014

Incident:

2019. Emiliano. Zapata después de Zapata exhibition, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City.

In 2019, Zapatista organisations staged a protest in front of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, demanding the removal of the artwork. They threatened to destroy it and assaulted members of the LGTB+ community. Zapata’s family called for respect for the revolutionary leader. All this led to an outpouring of solidarity with the artist as a defender of sexual freedom.   

Biography:

Fabián Cháirez (Chiapas, 1987) is a Mexican figurative artist who vindicates sexual diversity and an alternative representation of masculinity, far from stereotypes. His work has been exhibited at several museums in Mexico, including the one in the Palacio de Bellas Artes.