WILLIAM VILLALONGO
The Wild, Wild, West!, 2007
Velour paper
42 1/2 x 42 1/2 in
A contemporary take on the Wild West, Villalongo’s version is fought not with long guns but automatic weapons, chemicals and bombs. In modern day parlance, the phrase is often used to describe an unregulated marketplace, governed by sheer bravado and a disregard for rules and regulations. Here we are reminded that while the Wild West might signify a period of exuberant expansion then and now, it comes with a heavy price and human cost.
Collection of the Grinnell College Museum of Art
Exhibitions
"William Villalongo: Myths and Migrations," Grinnell College Museum of Art, Grinnell, IA, 26 January 2024 - 6 April 2024; traveled to the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI, 4 May 2024 - 18 August 2024; Museum of Art, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 13 September - 21 December 2024; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 15 May 2025 - 31 August 2025.36
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