Alexia Benavent-Rivera | Peels So Good (Cerca 1944)

Photo in a white frame.

The rotten banana exterior lampoons how this bright and sweet fruit forged the backbone of a dozen corrupt regimes propped up by imperialist corporations. The animating force comes not from the long since sold off banana flesh but from an inner layer of frogs, representing the people of these nations. The poses shown are emblematic of Chiquita Banana company ads, which played up the exoticism of Latin American women to sell their products.