

Einar and Jamex de la Torre
Chingon!, 2017
Blown glass and mixed media
18 x 24 x 5 in
45.7 x 61 x 12.7 cm
45.7 x 61 x 12.7 cm
Based on Hieronymous Bosch’s Northern Renaissance masterpiece, The Garden of Earthly Delights, Chingon! is a mixed-media triptych that serves as a contemporary interpretation of The Last Judgment. The nude figures...
Based on Hieronymous Bosch’s Northern Renaissance masterpiece, The Garden of Earthly Delights, Chingon! is a mixed-media triptych that serves as a contemporary interpretation of The Last Judgment. The nude figures occupying the three scenes possess the faces of celebrities, politicians, and other contemporary figures. On the right panel, ancient sculptures and figures containing Mesoamerican features are subject to fire and brimstone, whereas angels and saints greet the figures on the left panel. Clad in golden armor, the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés stands between heaven and hell, violently separating the Indigenous past from its colonial future in a godlike shift.
Exhibitions
Threading Glass: Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, and Einar and Jamex de la Torre, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX, 2025Upward Mobility, McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX; curators: René Paul Barilleaux, and Lauren Thompson, 2024