Road to Aztlan.The mythic myth·i·cal also myth·ic adj. 1. Of or existing in myth: the mythical unicorn. 2. Imaginary; fictitious. 3. homeland of the Aztecs, known as Aztlan Az·tlán 1. In Aztec legend, the original home of the Aztec people, held to have been located in northwest Mexico. 2. The American Southwest, specifically the territory of northern Mexico ceded to the United States by the Treaty of , has become a metaphor for the geographic and spiritual home of many people from Mexico and the American Southwest. In its new exhibition, "The Road to Aztlan: Art From a Mythic Homeland," the L.A. County Museum of Art explores the metaphor through art created in the American Southwest and northern Mexico by pre-Columbian artisans, mestizo mestizo (māstē`sō) [Span.,=mixture], person of mixed race; particularly, in Mexico and Central and South America, a person of European (Spanish or Portuguese) and indigenous descent. crafispeople and contemporary artists like Enrique Chagoya Enrique Chagoya is a Mexican-born artist. He was born Born in Mexico City in 1953. He was partly raised by an Indian nurse who helped him to respect the indigenous people of his country and their history. and Ruben Ortiz-Torres. The exhibition opens May 13 and runs through Aug. 26. |
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