F*ck the Accent︙Carlos Jesús Martínez Domínguez (FEEGZ)
F*ck the Accent is a collection of autobiographical works that critique the terminology of “Latino/Latinx/Latinidad” that generalizes and blends together the people, cultures and lived experiences from Latin America and Caribbean, reducing them to a single identity within a Western context. Through street art style and graffiti, Carlos’ work challenges these systems manifesting in text and map making as a way to reclaim his Puerto Rican-Dominican identity.
3 Books in Red, 2016
Linoleum cut print on card stock
6 x 9 in
3 Books in Black and White, 2016
Linoleum cut print on card stock
6 x 9 in
3 Books in Red and Black, 2016
Linoleum cut print, mixed paper, sharpie on card stock
6 x 9 in
3 Books in Red and Black are artist proofs for "Paquito's" 2016 which is a print made for Master printer, Rene Arceo's Superstitions Portfolio Project and printed at Coronado Print Studio in El Bario. The Portfolio includes the following:
My piece equates religious beliefs to superstition. Most religious beliefs teach that lack of faith in their specific religion will result in consequences such as damnation. While I believe most do this, including marginalized smaller faiths, I zero in on the worst offenders, in my opinion, the three Abrahamic religions with their intolerant notions of ONE jealous god that gets mad at the idea of you praying to another. I can't think of bigger or more dangerous superstitions. I was indoctrinated without my consent into one of these dogmatic superstitions as an infant and escaped at the age of eleven.
Untitled, 2014
Silkscreen, marker, and pen
30 x 22 in
(Collaboration with Pepe Coronado)
Fuck the Ñ, 2014
(Special Edition AP) linocut print, processed Dominican tobacco paper, marker, printed @ Coronado Print Studio
30 x 22 in
(Property of Eduardo Diaz)
Fuck the Ñ, 2014
(Special Edition AP) linocut print, processed Dominican tobacco paper, marker, printed @ Coronado Print Studio
30 x 22 in
(Property of Giberto Cardenas)
Fuck the Accent conveys my solidarity towards shared space, beats, traditions, race, and identity versus links romanticized as the result of conquest and whitewashing.
Wall Paper #72, 2014
Digital print, printed @ Coronado Print Studio
Ultra Flat Black in the Hour of Chaos, 2011
Spray paint, marker, crystals
(Property of Arlene Davila)
The title of this work, Ultra Flat Black in the Hour of Chaos, refers to a song by Public Enemy, titled Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos, which tells the story of a prison escape. The contrast of opaque black paint and areas of white is a critique of the state of the hip-hop music industry, a contrast of originality to hackneyed rhymes. Among the black and white forms are references to the luxuries afforded by the transformation of this music into global commodity.
We Call the Pirate Colon, 2015
Mixed media, collage, spray paint, acrylic marker, pen, medium
33 x 26 in
(Pequot Library)
A Love Poem is an ode to the contents of my bookbag in high school, mostly if not only consisting of the essential supplies for the aspiring graffiti writer.
It reads:
FIRO misses ultra-flat black
NY fat caps, pilots
and Black books stuffed in backpacks
A Love Poem, 2012
Mixed media, stickers, spray paint, acrylic marker, medium
3 x 3 ft
About Carlos Jesús Martínez Domínguez (FEEGZ)
Carlos Jesús Martínez Domínguez is a Caribbean-Dominican artist based in New York City. Also known as FEEGZ, has exhibited at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (NYC), Comisionado Dominicano de Cultura en Estados Unidos (NYC), Alianza Dominicana Triangle Building (NYC), National Puerto Rican Museum of Art and Culture (CHI), and The Hispanic Society of American Museum and Library/NOMAA (NYC) to name a few. Dominguez currently teaches as El Museo del Barrio in New York City.
Website: www.feegz.wordpress.com
Instagram: @feegz173
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Episode 5︙Latinidad Or Trojan Horse?
Today, I am sitting down with New York based artist and educator, Carlos Jesús Martínez Domínguez (FEEGZ) who spoke with me about Latinidad in the art world. Referencing The Cheech Marin Chicano Collection, currently under construction in Riverside, California, how can this push for Latino representation in museums and art collections further colonial mindsets by adhering to words like Latinidad, Latino/a, Latinx?
AUG 19, 2021