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Adios MFers is an art collective begun by Ana Briseño and Lauren Marie Taylor whose membership consists of artists from across the U.S. and Central America and is open to all who participate in the creation of each installation.

1. Cans from the Archives of the Friends of the AMF Society Memorial Preservation Foundation

2. Install at Igloo Gallery

3. Cans made by audience participants

4. Reference photo- Cans from the Oregon State Mental Hospital (image from Library of Dust, David Maisel)

5. Install at Mississippi May

6. Detail, Lauren and Brent

7. Detail, Ana and goat

8. Detail, Happy Meal Toys

Paper and vinyl, 12' x 22'

Dirt and ceramic-cast Happy Meal toys


  1. View Cans- Ty, Ryan, Tom, Sandra, Katie,
  2. View Friends of the AMF Society
  3. View cans made at the show
  4. View Daivd Maisel Cans Photo
  5. View Mississippi May
  6. View Mississippi May detail
  7. View Mississipi May detail
  8. View Misissippi May, Ceramic Cast Happy Meal Toys detail

Images 1-4 Adios Motherfuckers, “Archives of the Friends of the AMF Society Memorial Preservation Foundation”Installation at Igloo Gallery, from Baptized in the River with Two Dips and a Flirt

The installation is inspired by the 3000 cans of unclaimed remains of the mental patients at the Oregon State Hospital, and includes 100 tin cans on shelves. Each can is lovingly decorated for one of their own family member in the unfortunate event that they would die and their remains would go unclaimed. The piece is influenced by the group’s pan-American heritage, recalling Dia de los Muertos style altars, Catholic shrines, roadside memorials, and bodegas. Viewers may participate by decorating a can for a family member in the event that they would die and their remains would go unclaimed, and leaving it in the collection of the Friends of the AMF Society.

Imges 5-8 Adios Motherfuckers, at Mississippi May

The installation is based on stories and memories from childhood, relived in adulthood. It is a life-sized drawing on paper of three figures and a goat under a water tower. The drawing is cut with over 50 luna moths, layed over vinyl and backlit. Luna moths lay eggs in the dirt and hatch from the ground. Here they are hatching from a dirt pile and flying away. The dirt pile is littered with ceramic-cast Happy Meal toys.

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