Blanton Museum of Art - Danza Ocelotl [Jaguar Dance]

Danza Ocelotl [Jaguar Dance]

1983
89 x 58.6 cm (35 1/16 x 23 1/16 in.)

Yreina D. Cervántez (Garden City, Kansas, 1952 - ) Primary

Medium and Support: Screenprint

Credit Line: Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Gilberto Cárdenas, 2017

Accession Number: 2017.328

Yreina Cervántez’s "Danza Ocelotl", facilitated by master printer Stephen Grace, includes several "ocelotl"—jaguar, in the Nahuatl language—that in Mesoamerican culture was seen as a symbol of power. The jaguars surround a self-portrait of Cervántez holding a circular mask in front of her face. Within the disc, an orange feline creates the shape of a nose beneath a third-eye. This combination of symbols, vibrant color, and glitter together express Chicana pride and power.

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