Skip to main contentDemons, Xochipilli 'The Flower Prince'
Demons, Xochipilli 'The Flower Prince'
(page 91 from Indigenous Woman Magazine)
Artist
Gutierrez, Martine
(born 1989)
Date2018
Dimensionssheet: 39 × 27 in. (99.1 × 68.6 cm)
frame: 42 × 30 1/4 in. (106.7 × 76.8 cm)
frame: 42 × 30 1/4 in. (106.7 × 76.8 cm)
ClassificationsART, 2-DIMENSIONAL
Credit LineClara S. Peck Fund
Object number2019.7.1a-b
Description(a) vertical, rectangular, color photograph of artist dressed as the complex and ambiguous title character Xochipilli "The Flower Prince" in (b) hand-paint, wood, artist frame; photographic print originally appeared in Gutierrez’s magazine-inspired work "Indigenous Woman" (2018); image depicts a personification of the Aztec god Xochipilli, benevolent deity of excesses and fertility; associated with feasting, flowers, pleasure, dancing, painting, hallucinogens, games and artistic creativity; his name translates as “Flower Prince;” frequently depicted wearing a headdress of quetzal flowersCollections
- Post WWII and Contemporary Art
- Photography
On View
Members' Gallery