Blind self portrait listening to the beetles while scratching a notched stick so to invoke the universal magic of the power of destruction

Artist Abraham Cruzvillegas Mexican, active in Paris, born 1968

Date2013

Medium169 elements of paint on found objects and paper

Dimensionsoverall: 78 3/4 × 169 7/8 in. (200 × 431.4 cm)

ClassificationsMixed Media

Credit LineGift from the collection of Hedy Fischer and Randy Shull

Object number2025.16.2

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ProvenanceCreated by the artist, 2013; with Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris; sold to Hedy Fischer and Randy Shull, 2013; Given to NCMA, 2025.Exhibition HistoryAsheville, NC, 22 London, “¡Viva!”, September 16–October 14, 2017.

Asheville, NC, 22 London, “Mirror Mirror," April 28–June 16, 2022.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Start Talking," September 17, 2022–February 5, 2023.

Asheville, NC, Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, "BMC/MX," June 2–September 9, 2023.
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