Artist
Yoshua Okón
b. 1970 · Mexican
Yoshua Okón creates staged videos and installations in which participants reenact or exaggerate social roles tied to nationalism, class, policing and political conflict. His work often uses humor to expose how violence and ideology become performance.
Video; installation; performance
Major Works
- 2009Canned Laughter →
- 2011Octopus →
- 2014Freedom Fries →
- 2007Bocanegra →
- 2001Parking Lot →
- 2008White Russians →
- 2011Pulpo →
- 2017Miasma →
- 1999Oríllese a la Orilla →
- 2013Salò Island →
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
