The Cosmic Cruise
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Ester Hernández
(Dinuba, California, 1944–San Francisco, California, present)
NationalityAmerican, North America
Date1990
MediumScreenprint
Edition Info8/60
Catalogue raisonnéGuzman, Appendix C: Silk Screen Prints (1983-2003), p.114
DimensionsSheet: 37 15/16 × 25 13/16 in. (96.3 × 65.6 cm)
Image: 35 7/8 × 25 13/16 in. (91.2 × 65.6 cm)
Image: 35 7/8 × 25 13/16 in. (91.2 × 65.6 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Gilberto Cárdenas, 2017.427
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Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2017.427
On View
Not on viewCollection Highlight
A California native of Indigenous Mexican (Yaqui) decent, Ester Hernández addresses the struggles and joys of Latina/Indigenous women in relation to rural labor issues and Mexican history since ancient times. She describes the theme of "The Cosmic Cruise" as "our interconnectedness with each other and the universe.” In the print, womanhood intersects with Mesoamerican and Catholic spirituality. She depicts the Virgen de Guadalupe, alongside a multigenerational trio of Indigenous Mexican and Latina women, driving a Model T among the stars. Seven golden discs depicting the Aztec moon goddess Coyolxauhqui hover beneath the vehicle.
Exhibitions
Ester Hernández
1988
Object number: 2022.177
