For this purpose, the group appropriated traditional caste paintings, first commissioned during the reign of Philip V of Spain (1700-1746) to map out the development of different interracial ethnic groups in South America, as a result of European colonialism.
The El Dorado Series paintings, made of nine tones of colored hydrostone are abstracted interpretations of the 18th century “Casta Paintings”. Their subtitles identify specific types for each ethnicity: Sombujito, Morisco, Lobo, Coyote, Albarazado, Albino, Cuarteron, Mestizo, and Mulato. The title of the whole series, El Dorado, refers to the mythical city made of gold that fascinated the 16th-century Spanish conquistadors.
为此,该小组挪用了传统的种姓绘画,首幅种性绘画西班牙菲利普五世统治期间(1700-1746年)委托创作,以描绘由于欧洲殖民主义而导致的南美不同族裔群体的发展。
“金色系列(El Dorado)”绘画由九种颜色的水石制成,是对于马德里埃特罗洛焦科博物馆藏品中,由墨西哥艺术家米格尔·马特奥·马尔多纳多·卡布雷拉(1695-1768)1763年的作品《种姓绘画》的抽象解释。他们的字幕为每种种族标识了特定的类型:Sombujito,Morisco,Lobo,Coyote,Albarazado,Albino,Cuarteron,Mestizo和Mulato。整个系列的标题是“金色”(El Dorado),指的是神话中吸引了16世纪的西班牙征服者的由黄金制成的城市。