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Navidad MPP 2019

12/16/2019

 
Navidad en Arizona
Arizona has been called "America's Meth Lab of Democracy".  Many hot button issues were tried here first and have since gone national-- on steroids. One of them is nativism. Back in 2013, I did a painting called, Navidad Baja Arizona - A Christmas Story.  It was my response to the dehumanization of immigrants dying in our desert, and how women were accused of coming here to have "anchor babies" and game our system. 

Fear and victim-blaming has been a wildly successful political weapon throughout history, especially in Arizona--and each generation to breeds new sets of eager, vulnerable ears. Enter the Trump brand of nativism and by 2019, it's a whole new ballgame. This Christmas, I didn't need to reinvent the wheel-- just add some ammunition and realities we'd rather not think about. I DO want to remember that the Nativity is really about the Human Spirit. Regimes come and go and although the human spirit is ephemeral, it finds a way. Always.

- Linda Magdalena Victoria

Navidad 2019
"Because there was no room for them at the inn."
Detail-A Navidad 2019
Forbidden Christ / El Cristo Prohibido
Detail-B Navidad 2019
Ningun ser humano es illegal / No human is illegal
Detail-C Navidad 2019
"Migrant Protection Protocols": MX police, cartels, gangs.
Detail-D Navidad 2019
Nuestra Señora la Protectora


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