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El jarabe muertiano [The Dance of Death]
El jarabe muertiano [The Dance of Death]

El jarabe muertiano [The Dance of Death]

Primary (Silicon Valley, California, 1947–Los Angeles, California, 2003)
Date1984
MediumScreenprint
DimensionsSheet: 33 7/16 × 24 5/16 in. (85 × 61.8 cm)
Image: 33 7/16 × 24 5/16 in. (85 × 61.8 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Gilberto Cárdenas, 2017.510
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2017.510
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Label Text
In "El jarabe muertiano", Eduardo Oropeza depicts the skeleton-costumed cast of Teatro Campesino, a theater group, as they performed "El Fin Del Mundo" ["The End of the World"] in 1978. In the play, the main character Mundo Mata is sent to the land of the dead. His journey there demonstrates the complementary relationship between death and life.
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