![]() ![]() Translated as Malinche Had Her Reasons, the painting’s title hints at a newfound empathy for this controversial figure.Īccording to the New-York Historical Society, Malinche was sold or kidnapped into slavery as a young girl. One of the show’s highlights is Cecilia Alvarez’s La Malinche Tenía Sus Razones (1995), which depicts a tearful Malinche in the foreground and a polyptych of her enslavement and trade to Cortés behind her. It is divided into five thematic sections: “La Lengua/The Interpreter,” “ La Indígena/The Indigenous Woman,” “ La Madre de Mestizaje/The Mother of a Mixed Race,” “ La Traidora/The Traitor” and “‘Chicana’/Contemporary Reclamations.” Per the statement, the exhibition features 68 works by 38 artists, including two new commissions. Opening on February 6, 2022, “ Traitor, Survivor, Icon: The Legacy of La Malinche ” will encourage debate and disagreement. © Alfredo Arreguin, image courtesy Rob Vinnedge PhotoĬecilia Álvarez, La Malinche Tenía Sus Razones (La Malinche had her reasons), 1995Ĭourtesy of the artist © Cecilia Concepción Álvarez Lyall in a statement.Īlfredo Arreguín, La Malinche (con Tlaloc) (Malinche With Tlaloc), 1993 “In examining and presenting the legacy of Malinche from the 16th century through today, we hope to illuminate the multifaceted image of a woman unable to share her own story, allowing visitors to form their own impressions of who she was and the struggles she faced,” says curator Victoria I. Bucio for El Norte, a new exhibition at the Denver Art Museum (DAM) in Colorado is set to interrogate Malinche’s legacy through an artistic lens. But in the centuries following Spain’s colonization of present-day Latin America, many observers have wrestled with her role in Cortés’ conquest. Drawing on her interpretation ability and navigation experience, she made herself essential to Cortés, providing him with access to envoys and steering his men through the unfamiliar landscape.įew historical records of Malinche’s life exist. An enslaved Aztec girl who had been sold across the Yucatán Peninsula, Malinche was skilled at speaking both Yucatec and Nahuatl-Maya and Aztec languages, respectively. ![]() ![]() In 1519, as Spain began brutally ravaging Mesoamerica, conquistador Hernán Cortés encountered the secret weapon who would help seal his victory: La Malinche. ![]()
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