Tierra Blanca Joven, Guadalupe Maravilla’s Cargo Cult of the Soul

The fascination many of us feel for modern traditions of indigenous inspired Latin American art is due to the powerful interplay of personal biographies, pre- and post-colonial histories, modern desires and temptations, religious traditions and the tragedy and hope of the human condition. That’s quite a lot …. and the richness of this artistic conversation gets expressed in an exuberant display of colors, artifacts, stories and magic.

Guadalupe Maravilla’s exhibit entitled Tierra Blanca Joven, is on view at the Brooklyn Museum until September 18, 2022, and it adds yet another layer of history and personality to the ever growing archive of works of this genre on public display.