Gaiatlicue
Current Location:
Shelf D1 (CS1) -> Box 667
Location Notes:
IDC; Compressed Shelving Unit #1; Section D; Shelf D1; Box 667


Gaiatlicue

Artwork
Identifier:
2023.48.1
Related artists
Einar de la Torre
Jamex de la Torre
Credit:
GVSU Collection
Medium:
Lenticular Print
Date:
2022
Dimensions:
Artworks - Height: 9.5" Width: 5.5"
Description:
A lenticular print of a figure that is standing up with their rightmost arm raised and their leftmost arm resting on their hip. Each of the figure's body parts are made from a collection of items and patterns. On the right side of the print there is a train coming from the figure's underarm and heading towards the edge of the print. The figure's eight toes are made from a yellow, red, blue, green, and dark red toucan beak. The feet each have two eyes, a nose, and a moustache shape made from two birds facing each other. On the figure's head there is a red milk snake and axolotl incorporated into its face.
Historical Context:
Brothers Einar and Jamex de la Torre draw inspiration from traditional Mexican folk art, pop-cultural and religious imagery, and mythology to create works that comment on contemporary Mexican life and the art world itself. The brothers’ collaborative practice fuses indigenous and Spanish cultural heritage that makes up contemporary Mexican society, particularly in the confrontation between different religious imagery. The image shows Coatlicue, the Aztec earth goddess also known as the mother of gods and mortals, rising from the earth, made of flora and fauna textures, which can be interpreted as a defense of mother nature.

Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus Terms:
LatinX
Mexico