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Cultural/Historical ContextLabel
A duck, a Mexican mask, domino, and a rabbit are interlocked with an ouroboros, an ancient symbol depicting a serpent eating its own tail. Benito Huerta connects seemingly unrelated yet deeply personal images to create a new meaning of “wholeness” and “rebirth,” as well as create a new aesthetic for Mexican empowerment. According to the artist, these images are “about my hybrid Anglo-Latin heritage as well as my relationship to popular culture, friends, family, and even the students I teach.” They also embody survival and defiance of artistic convention and negative socioeconomic considerations of race and class.