UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
Las Vegas, Nevada
We believe everyone deserves access to art that challenges our understanding of the present and inspires us to create a future that makes space for us all.
MessageXochil Xitlalli
"The Wound"
2018
Acrylic on canvas, mixed media
Courtesy the artist
The wound is a manifestation of not only my trauma but of generations of trauma, specifically passed down through the womb, the imprinted anger, fear, grief, scarcity. Epigenetically inherited emotional distress; always in survival mode. Then I learned the wound is where the light enters you: like an alchemist turned lead into gold. I began to piece me back together with all the pieces of me embracing the parts I didn’t want anyone to see. This piece is an ode to my matriarchy, sin vergüenza, so fortunate que tengo un nopal en la frente.
- Created: 2018