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Alma Lopez
born Los Mochis, Mexico 1966
Our Lady
1999
inkjet print on canvas
Using Photoshop, a computer graphics software program, and featuring contemporary models and Mesoamerican motifs, Lopez reimagines the Virgin of Guadalupe, a revered icon of Mexican and Chicanx visual culture. She follows in the footsteps of Ester Hernandez and other Chicana artists who redefined this icon in their own image. Lopez's Virgin is an assertive contemporary woman. The artist reflected: "When I see Our Lady as well as the works portraying La Virgen by many Chicana artists, I see an alternative voice expressing the multiplicities of our lived realities."
Museum purchase, 2020.48.1 |