Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz’s Virgen de Guadalupe
The Virgin de Guadalupe, or Our Lady of Guadalupe, is very iconic within the Latino/Hispanic religion. She had appeared to an indigenous peasant Juan Diego in December, 1531, promising that she would help the Mexican people with their struggles. When the bishop did not believe what Juan Diego had said, she had appeared to him once again, asking him to cut roses from a bush that did not bloom that time of year and bring them to the bishop in a cloak. He did just so, and as the bishop opened the cloak, her image appeared.
Due to her large religious and social influence, it is quite easy to imagine why she would be such an influential figure within the art world. Here, Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz's painting was featured in the LA County Museum of Art in the "Treasures" exhibition. The "Treasures" exhibition was "presented a vast, absorbingly beautiful and diverse collection of art and artisanal work produced in Latin America over the course of the three centuries between the arrival of Spaniards and Portuguese and the period when the Hispanic and Luso-American colonies became independent republics," according to Mario Vargas Llosa, who wrote The Paradoxes of Latin America for The American Interest.
Due to her large religious and social influence, it is quite easy to imagine why she would be such an influential figure within the art world. Here, Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz's painting was featured in the LA County Museum of Art in the "Treasures" exhibition. The "Treasures" exhibition was "presented a vast, absorbingly beautiful and diverse collection of art and artisanal work produced in Latin America over the course of the three centuries between the arrival of Spaniards and Portuguese and the period when the Hispanic and Luso-American colonies became independent republics," according to Mario Vargas Llosa, who wrote The Paradoxes of Latin America for The American Interest.
Tattoos
Tattoos are an ever growing form of expression. People are able to freely express their faith and proudly show off what is most important to them. Religion and faith are both viewed highly within the Latino communities and in today's society, preserving them on one's body is becoming a new form of "worship".
Examples would be the Virgen de Guadalupe, rosary beads, crosses, images of saints, etc.
Examples would be the Virgen de Guadalupe, rosary beads, crosses, images of saints, etc.