Umjetnik: Luis González Palma
Datum: 1998
Muzej: Inter-American Development Bank (Washington, United States)
Tehnika: Gelatin Silver Print
Luis Gonzáles Palma is a contemporary Guatemalan visual and conceptual artist who works on photography and installation. His poetic portraits of Mayan Indians combine elements from European visual culture and pre-Colombian spirituality, reflecting on the hybrid nature of Guatemalan cultural identity as both the legacy and the tragedy of colonization. In this work, the artist juxtaposes layers of meanings in order to structure the image as a point of encounter between two cultures, sharing iconographic and spiritual codes within a system that perpetuates colonial structures of power. The sepia tone recalls nineteenth-century photographs of native subjects as both documents of ethnographic interest—also suggested by the headdress made out of measuring tape—and records of a confrontational and dignified presence. Here, González Palma conveys the complexity underlining the encounter with the
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