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Nueva Constitucion<\/em> (New Constitution) by Caiozzama
Placed in the Plaza de la Dignidad, Santiago, Chile, 24 October 2019. Photo by Caiozzama.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

FROM KOLAJ 31<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Editorial in Kolaj 31<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The front cover of Kolaj<\/em> 31 is a collage from Gavin Benjamin\u2019s \u201cHeads of State\u201d series. Benjamin collages his heroes, friends, and loved ones as a means of honoring and celebrating them. On the cover, rapper, activist, and entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle wears the imperial crown of the Holy Roman Empire. The dominos on Hussle\u2019s face speak to a deep love of the game in Benjamin\u2019s family. The collage puts the artist\u2019s history in conversation with popular culture. The crown, a symbol of power and royalty is used here as an expression of respect and admiration. Benjamin replaces the front plate of Jesus with two angels with a photograph of his stepfather and sister, a stitch between the artist\u2019s history and Hussle\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The back cover is a photograph of street art by Caiozzama. It was taken by the artist on 24 October 2019 at the Plaza de la Dignidad in Santiago, Chile as the streets of the city erupted with protest over inequality. Caiozzama installed his street art collage Nueva Constitucion<\/em> (New Constitution) and photographed the work during the largest social uprising since the end of Augusto Pinochet\u2019s military dictatorship. The civil unrest started seventeen days earlier and government response was becoming increasingly violent each day. Caiozzama photographs a lone riot police officer running past his collage as the angel, draped in a banner calling for a new constitution, looks on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Both of these art works, and the artists who made them, reach across time and bend history to the present moment,” writes Ric Kasini Kadour in the issue’s editorial. “Collage artists, I believe, have unique skills that are particularly useful in our historical moment. We understand that something beautiful, something meaningful can come from chaos. We understand that destruction is easier than creation, which takes patience, precision, thoughtfulness, and intuition. We know how to bring things together. We know how to work towards harmony. Gavin Benjamin and Caiozzama, each in their own way, bend history with their artwork. How can we bend history with ours?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This editorial appears in <\/em>Kolaj<\/a> #31<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. To read the full editorial,\u00a0SUBSCRIBE<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/em>Kolaj Magazine\u00a0or\u00a0Get a Copy of the Issue<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FROM KOLAJ 31 The Editorial in Kolaj 31 The front cover of Kolaj 31 is a collage from Gavin Benjamin\u2019s \u201cHeads of State\u201d series. Benjamin collages his heroes, friends, and loved ones as a means of honoring and celebrating them.…<\/p>\n

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