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Dia de los Muertos + Boston = Skeletal Teddy Kennedy

Category: Artists & ArtConspicuous consumptionDCEphemeraEventsMedical Illustration and HistoryScience in Culture & PolicyYikes!
Posted on: October 30, 2009 12:17 PM, by Jessica Palmer

One of the coolest, weirdest, worlds-colliding Day of the Dead artworks I've ever seen is this sculpture of a skeletal Teddy Kennedy. He's at a podium, open-jawed (no doubt haranguing other late Senators), accompanied by a skeletal dog.

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The paper in his hand says "Health Care: The Cause of My Life." I realize this is a terrible photo, but in person, I actually found it pretty moving.

From the window of Nomad on Mass Ave in Cambridge, MA - they have an extensive Dia de los Muertos folk art collection.

Happy Halloween!

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