Mar 15, 2024
Chavis Mármol, Tesla Crushed by an Olmec Head, 2024.
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Chavis Mármol, Tesla Crushed by an Olmec Head, 2024.
Chavis Mármol, "untitled destruction project," 2024, nine-ton quarry stone replica of colossal olmec head dropped on blue tesla model 3
Chavis Mármol's Neo-Tamene (from the series)
Sculptor Chavis Mármol has never owned a car, but that’s never inhibited his drive. Earlier this month, the 42-year-old Mexico City-based artist (who travels largely by bicycle) dropped a nine-ton replica of an Olmec head onto the roof of a blue Tesla Model 3.
The car was donated by Colima 71,, a boutique hotel in Mexico City.
The work is a mix of humor and criticism that explores the Mexican pre-Hispanic past from a Western neo-colonial perspective.
All photos by and courtesy the artist
Chavis Marmol, Tesla crushed by an Olmec head, 2024.
Art rocks [hah]
Chavis Mármol, Tesla Crushed by an Olmec Head (2024)