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Tacos : ¡ engordan y que !

“Tacos make you fat: so what?” Resolutely feminist, the drawing claims the appropriation of the female body and defends the freedom to choose one’s body against widespread social injunction.

Safe Haven

A self-portrait, the drawing expresses the feeling of quietness felt by the artist during one of her trips to Mexico.

La casa de todas

The “house of all” (“La casa de todas”) is the house that welcomes all genders, all sexual orientations, all races. Two women talking peacefully, one dark-skinned and the other light-skinned, illustrate this call for a more tolerant, better society.

Festival of ex-votos hearts

Should we give more?

In the offering, the quantity is the demonstration of pure devotion, while at the bottom, they are devoured and absorbed by wandering souls who only expect love and peace.

This framework tries to retain these offerings, but it is hard to contain them when a divine force comes to suck them away.

Frida Kahlo

A portrait of Frida wearing an ex-voto headdress, perhaps she made offerings before coming to pose in this frame?

These two parrots settled there and took up residence there. Just like the vegetation which continues to grow since Frida spread her ideas to the whole world I

The ex-votos in the corner of the scarf are here as a stamp, they support the decor which is emotionally unstable.

Discus Fish

Freshwater fish native to the Amazon basin, the Discus is famous for its round, flat shape and bright colors. Margaux Carpentier’s design was used to create decorative sequin badges made in Mexico.

Quetzal

National bird of Guatemala, the quetzal is known for its blood-red chest, legend has it that it took on this color from blood upon the death of the Mayan Quiche hero Tecún Umán who fought the Spanish conquistadors, staining his feathers as he landed on the dying.

Jaguar

The jaguar is one of the largest cats in the Americas, living in the rainforests of Central and South America. Its special place in the Latin American fauna means that it is the subject of multiple representations in the graphic culture of the native peoples of these regions.

Radiant Frida

Peaceful and pensive, Frida Kahlo radiates her talent and personality. Like the religious “resplendors” characteristic of certain representations of the Virgin, Frida’s face is surrounded by a radiant halo.

Frida floral

The floral explosion from which Frida Kahlo’s face emerges illustrates both the creative power of the artist and the incredible psychological and emotional labyrinth into which illness, love and femininity plunged her throughout her life during.