Armando Mariño is celebrated for his unique and satirical approach to issues on race, gender, power, and disorder. The artist appropriates images, references and techniques to bring stereotypes and erroneous concepts to the surface in an attempt to reshape discourse set by the Western world that excludes the ‘other’. The subject in the present lot features a violent image of a telescope javelined between the eyes of a decapitated head fixed atop a tripod. Known for his saturated palette, Mariño uses color as an agent to engage viewers with his work. Mariño inundates the viewer with color and visual violence, encouraging viewers to consider their relationship to the work.