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Asesino.
19681505<p>Student Movement of 1968 <strong>Asesino</strong>. México D.F.: ca. 1968. Silkscreen on satin.</p><p>A rare flag from the 1968 student protest movement in Mexico City which culminated in the infamous Tlatelolco Massacre on October 2nd. Depicted is President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz who ordered the kidnapping murder and torture of hundreds of protesting students by a group of secret police paramilitaries and the army.</p><p>Posters signs flags and other handheld graphics were primarily created by student collectives at the San Carlos and La Esmerelda art schools using linocut and silkscreen in addition to offset presses. Together with origianl artwork the artists also appropriated imagery and text from previous social protest movements.</p><p>This flag juxtaposes the defaced image of Díaz Ordaz with the offical '68 Olympics font a hallmark of many of the movement's designs. The massacre took place 10 days before the opening of the games in Mexico City.</p><p><em>Fabric near fine with original irregular edges approx. 70 x 40 cm. Creased where folded. A few paint smudges outside the boundaries of the central image. </em></p>
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