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DAY 38 | UNEXPECTED ART FORMS |
Painted Tennis Shoes of Mesoamerica
ANUAR ROSALDO AND THE UNITY OF ALL
The vectors of ancient Aztec legend, psychic introspection, and Chicano identity meet on top of a white sneaker.
Anuar Rosaldo paints each shoe as a personal gift for a friend, drawing from the artistic and spiritual traditions of pre-Columbian Mexico with which he personally identifies.
Anuar has represented the four cardinal directions using the traditional colors of Aztec cosmology—red, blue, white, and black—as a nod to the “embedded synesthesia” that existed in many Mesoamerican cultures, in which each color was associated with ...
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