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Efigie, portador de una alma, I
title Efigie, portador de una alma, Idescription This print is from the Dream Series. The image is influenced by the artist's research on shamanism and recurring dreams of trying to heal her sister. The central image is chacmool. Monoprint on Italia paper. Dimensions of the image: 11 ½" x 16 ¾"artist/creator Barraza, Santasubject Chicana art Chacmool Mystery Dreams Abstraction Prints Tejana art Curanderismo Collective memories Duality Ducks Healing Memories Olmec Suncontributor Santa C. Barraza -
Efigie, portador de una alma, II
title Efigie, portador de una alma, IIdescription This print is from the Dream Series. In the dream the artist saw a curandero holding the chacmool with a duck on its belly, which he will use to retrieve the artist’s sister's lost soul from the Underworld. Later, Santa Barraza learned at the exhibition, The Road to Aztlan: Art of the Mythic Homeland, that the duck of her dreams resembles an ancient Mesoamerican ceramic, likely Olmec. Monoprint. Dimensions of the image: 11 ¾" x 16 ¾"artist/creator Barraza, Santasubject Chacmool Ducks Dreams Healing Collective memories Olmec Sun Duality Tejana art Chicana art Curanderismo Prints Abstraction Mysterycontributor Santa C. Barraza -
Efigie, portador de una alma, III
title Efigie, portador de una alma, IIIdescription This print is from the Dream Series. In the dream the artist saw a curandero holding the chacmool with a duck on its belly, which he will use to retrieve the artist’s sister's lost soul from the Underworld. Later, Santa Barraza learned at the exhibition, The Road to Aztlan: Art of the Mythic Homeland, that the duck of her dreams resembles an ancient Mesoamerican ceramic, likely Olmec. Monoprint. Dimensions of the image: 11 ¾" x 16 ¾"artist/creator Barraza, Santasubject Chacmool Ducks Dreams Healing Collective memories Olmec Sun Duality Tejana art Chicana art Curanderismo Abstraction Mystery Printscontributor Santa C. Barraza -
Torso of La Guadalupana with Holy Spirit
title Torso of La Guadalupana with Holy Spiritdescription From the Torso Series, the artist appropriates her own image of La Virgen Indigena (2016), focusing on the midsection of Guadalupe. The image is extended around the frame, making it appear three-dimensional and sculptural. The painting includes symbols, such as the dove representing peace and the Holy Spirit, and Mesoamerican hieroglyphs, such as the canto icon in the lower left. The gown is adorned with a band found in Mesoamerican codices. Acrylic on canvas. Dimensions: 12" x 12"artist/creator Barraza, Santasubject Chicana art Healing Mesoamerican Visual quotation Guadalupe, Our Lady of Tonantzin Virgen de Guadalupe Guadalupanas Paintings Tejana art Holy Spirit Doves Hieroglyphs Appropriationcontributor Santa C. Barraza -
Untitled
title Untitleddescription This self-portrait is composed of multiple media including three-dimensional milagros created of paper and thread. The image of the Guadalupe is appropriated from a serigraph or silkscreen print created at Diseño Studios in Austin, Texas. The self-portrait that covers the bottom portion of Guadalupe is a charcoal drawing. Three images appear on the right side: the top image is a portrait of Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl with an "x" mark of refusal, the middle figure is a dream-image, and the bottom image is inspired by a Mesoamerican goddess. A work of mixed media with pencil, charcoal, ink, embroidery thread, ribbon, tulle, and paper. Dimensions: 20" x 28"artist/creator Barraza, Santasubject Self-portraits Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl Milagros Chicana art Healing Mesoamerican Visual quotation--Aztec sculpture Guadalupe, Our Lady of Tonantzin Virgen de Guadalupe Guadalupanas Mixed media Tejana art Nepantlacontributor Santa C. Barraza