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Dotphotozine Issue 8, September 2019, Students Of The Csusb Art Department, Thomas Mcgovern
Dotphotozine Issue 8, September 2019, Students Of The Csusb Art Department, Thomas Mcgovern
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Mes-Ti-Zo, Aeleen Jacinto
Mes-Ti-Zo, Aeleen Jacinto
Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations
Meztiso is an exploration of the artist’s identity as an individual born and raised in Guatemala; which is a country rich in natural resources where the majority of the population is native Maya yet the ruling class is majority white and poverty is widespread. The artist takes on this stunning contradiction using her own influences and views which were shaped by the political and economic upheaval and instability of her youth in Guatemala. The artist comments on her own identity as a person of mixed ancestry, a Meztiso, and because of her own family’s involvement in the capitalist government that …