This visualization is positioned within an discusson of toxic male culture in Guatemala. It speaks to the specificity of toxic masculinity in an ethnographic context. The author writes that the image shows the negative impact of alcohol abuse on society, but I'm not sure that this visualization addresses that aspect. There is an interesting dynamic at play between alcoholism, sexual potency and toxic masculinity. In the image I think toxics is linked to limpness as part of a progression. I'm curious how potency and toxic masculinity might be intertwined and analyzed from a different perspective.
The image is grotesque and funny. I don't know how to enrich it further. I would be curious to see the image in its context as a piece of public or gallery art, to see it seen by other viewers. But as presented I think it is an image rich in ethnographic import.
This is an existing art work and cultural commentary that the ethnographer has found and situated with a larger cultural context. It is an image referencing El Borracho but transforming the original drunken character into a grotesque image of three "dick-heads". The artist has simplified the visual elements however the stance and environment (seemingly against a wall outside a bar with a bottle of alcohol) remain consistent with the original image. As A. Mohammed notes, the changing clothing marks these images as suggesting that alcohol abuse is endemic across social class. Besides the logo tee in the last image, I can not discern the difference in dick-head's changing outfits. Noteably there is a progression of impotency across the image from left to right.
Bien a verga is translated by google as "shit-faced." There is obviously a commentary in this triptych about sexual potency and alcoholism, but I'm also strangely curious about the critical distinction between shit-faced and dick-head in this artist's critique of masculinity. I'm curious about the reception of this triptych by other viewers. Who is it aimed to? How is it distributed? Does it speak to (some) women's experience, and in what ways.
This visualization is a layered, in-your-face, critique of alcoholism and masculinity in Guatemala. The artist transforms the El Borracho Loteria card into this triptych of a dick-head that suggests alcoholism is prevalent across socio-economic status. Mohamed situates this image within a discussion of toxic masculinity in Guatemala. . His interpretation contextualizes this image as social-critique showing its multifaceted connections to art and male culture.