Cristian en el Amor de Calle, 2024 | Courtesy Matías Sauter Morera, Craig Kroll Gallery Queer Costa Rican photographer Matías Sauter Morera breaks through barriers as the first artist to sell an AI-generated photograph to the Getty Museum. The piece, Cristian en el Amor de Calle (2024), portrays two young Latino men in a cafe or bar. The men stare into the “camera” with an intense look, as if directly into the soul of the viewer. Their attire is particularly notable: flashy blue leather jackets with contrasting gold embellishments. The aesthetics are no mistake; they nod to history in the 1970s Costa Rica when queer cowboys from the Guanacaste Coast became known as “pegamachos.” Leyenda, 2025, | Courtesy Matías Sauter Morera, Craig Kroll Gallery Matías Sauter Morera, Pozitas, 2025, […]
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