Title:
La Raza Cosmica
Creator/Contributor:
Aranda, Guillermo, Artist
Creator/Contributor:
Castañeda, Tomás, Artist
Creator/Contributor:
Quevedo, Abran, Artist
Creator/Contributor:
Rosete, Guillermo, Artist
Creator/Contributor:
Grupo de Santana, Artist
Date:
1974
Subject:
Chicano art
Chicanos
Mexican American art
Mexican Americans
Aztecs
Fetus
Pyramids in art
Mural Art
San Diego (Calif.)
Note:
On T-46 of Chicano Park, an embryo develops amidst a male figure (left) and a female (right). Beneath it, maize sprouts from
a Teotihuacan-like pyramid. A white aquiline silhouette rests between the woman and the child. "Symbols represented: man,
woman, unborn child, corn, pyramid, white eagle, the future Raza, the first food substance establishes civilization in the
western hemisphere, pyramid, mathematics, city planning, astronomy, spiritual values" Salvador Torres. Restored 1990-02
for water damage and graffiti.
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Type:
Murals
35mm slide
Language:
Spanish
Identifier:
CEMA 38
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