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La Virgen de los Pescados [The Virgin of the Fish]
La Virgen de los Pescados [The Virgin of the Fish]

La Virgen de los Pescados [The Virgin of the Fish]

Primary (Guadalajara, Mexico, 1957–Tucson, Arizona, present)
Date1993
MediumScreenprint
DimensionsSheet: 44 × 30 1/16 in. (111.8 × 76.4 cm)
Image: 34 5/16 × 23 3/16 in. (87.1 × 58.9 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Gilberto Cárdenas, 2017.319
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2017.319
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Label Text
A complex religious figure, "la Virgen" is a traditional female role model that embodies both purity and motherhood. She is simultaneously revered and reimagined by artists to fit contemporary notions of gender. Cristina Cárdenas maintains a relatively conventional depiction in "La Virgen de los Pescados", emphasizing the Virgin’s gold jewelry to match metallic highlights on her halo and the fish.
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