El neon de los narquitectos

2012 - Sculpture (Sculpture)

Julio Cesar Morales

location: San Francisco, California
year born: 1966
gender: male
nationality: Mexican
home town: Tijuana, Mexico

Born in Tijuana, Mexico, San Francisco-based Julio Cesar Morales explores issues of labor, memory, surveillance technologies, and identity strategies.


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