Bartolomé, 2004, graphite and charcoal on wood panel, 96 x 96 inches
Collection, San Diego Museum of Art
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"Hugo Crosthwaite, a native of Tijuana, does a
large scale drawing on panel, 'Bartolomé' (2004),
which bring us into this decade, darkly. It
merges imagery about the torture of Iraqis at Abu
Ghraib prison with the story of the flaying of
Saint Bartholomew back in the first century A.D.
This is a beautifully drawn work, with background
imagery culled from Tijuana's streets and a sign
on one building that is unmistakably symbolic: It
advertised meat for sale."
-- Robert L. Pincus, Art Critic - San Diego Union Tribune
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