Mexican Life

A Step South

Year: 2019
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 39 × 39 in · 100 × 98.2 cm
Series: Mexican Life

When Cortés conquered Tenochtitlán, he pushed further and founded the city of Santo Domingo Tehuantepec on the site of an existing indigenous settlement — a waypoint connecting central and southern Mexico. It was one more step south… This papaya resting in a Mexican dish on a Spanish table, and the hummingbird that slipped through an open window drawn by the scent of fruit, could well have been there — in a city where Spanish and indigenous cultures blurred into one another. That blend moves me deeply and never stops inspiring me. The embroidery on the tablecloth is typical of that region.

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