UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
Las Vegas, Nevada
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MessageI am sending love to my eight-year-old self Retablo
- Oil on tin, cotton, glue mixture, wood
- 44 x 21 x 4 in
- Guadalupe Maravilla
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On Loan
Guadalupe Maravilla
I am sending love to my eight year old self retablo
2021
Oil on tin, cotton and glue mixture on wood
45 1/2 x 20 x 4 in
Courtesy of the artist and P·P·O·W, New York and the NMSU Permanent Art Collection
I am sending love to the eight-year-old boy that I was, specifically during that time when I crossed the border as an undocumented child without my parents when I was escaping the civil war in El Salvador. It was a two-and-a-half-month trip from El Salvador to the United States by land. Sometimes on foot. Sometimes by car. Sometimes by train. They went from Coyote to Coyote until I reached the Tijuana border ... Eight-year-old boy, be strong, I believe in you, this is the right way. Also, I want to thank my spirit animals who accompanied me during this trip.
Le estoy enviando amor al niño de ocho años que yo era, específicamente durante ese tiempo cuando crucé la frontera como un niño indocumentado sin mis padres cuando escapaba la guerra civil en El Salvador. Fue un viaje de dos meses y medio desde El Salvador a Estados Unidos por tierra. A veces a pie. A veces en coche. A veces en tren. Me pasaron de Coyote a Coyote hasta que llegué a la frontera de Tijuana ... Niño de ocho años, sé fuerte, creo en ti, este es el camino correcto. Además, quiero agradecer a mis animales espirituales que me acompañaron durante este viaje.
- Subject Matter: ex-voto
- Created: 2021