This work alludes to the sentiment of being bi-cultural. He used the racial slur “coconut” to come up with an all too literal image of a coconut cut in half. This image conveys his background as a Mexican American and not fully fitting in with either culture because of their prejudices about the other culture. “Ramirez isolates and recontextualizes familiar objects and texts to explore the human condition. Always personally relevant, Ramirez has explored cultural identity, mortality and consumerism through his photographs and installations. The images in his 1997 series, Coconut, slyly subverted stereotypes of those who cross cultural boundaries.”
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