A carnival/marketplace full of people under a moon with a face.
Artwork Details
Medium
Etching aquatint
Context
This engraving expresses the taste for life through festivals and celebrations mainly originating from pre-Hispanic communities. In other states or regions of Mexico dances and celebrations are now syncretized with Catholicism, imposed by the Spanish invasion. However, communities continue to evoke culture inherited from their ancestors. In the State of Morelos has the lively dance Chinelos, which shows a satirical action to the Spanish presence. Other dances like Tlacololeros in the State of Guerrero, embody the energy and spiritual connection with nature or that which Mother Earth manifests. We can imagine an infinite number of cultural events through dances that also could fill parks and wide avenues of big cities like Chicago.
Acquisition
Accession
2016.14-125
Source or Donor
Chuck Thurow
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Collection of DePaul Art Museum, Gift of Chuck Thurow
Made/Created
Artist
DeJesus, Nicolas
Date made
1992
Ethnography
Notes
Mexican
Guerrero, Mexico
Edition
Edition Size
75
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Inscription Type: A/P
Notes
Inscription Type: Carnival en Morelos
Notes
Inscription Type: [AS] 92
Lexicon
Getty AAT
Concept
Latin American, Americas, The, identity, metaphysical concepts, philosophical concepts
Hierarchy Name
Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
Facet
Styles and Periods Facet, Associated Concepts Facet
