Baray, Samuel A. Virgen de la Guarda. 1997.
A multi-layered colored serigraph whose image was inspired by the youth of East Los Angeles. East L.A. is a neighborhood that has served as a womb, a cradle, and a visual treasure chest in the development of many Chicano artists. It is colorful, handmade, outrageous, ugly, beautiful, and full of wonder.
The youthful guardian angel oversees all of the above. She reigns supreme under the protection of Quetzal coatl the bird-serpent, Mixcoatl the nomadic warrior who led the first chichimecs (Mexicanos) into the central plateau of Mexico, and by Tlaloc the ancient water god of mesoamerica.
The youthful angel looks down at her domain and with her hands she make the sign of the pyramid, as any chicana/youth might, to claim she is indigenous, and that she is proud.
Virgen de Guadalupe. Mixed Media.
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My Version of Mary by Fabian Debora
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