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Artist |
Jackson Jr., George O. |
Caption |
Le Danza de los Tecuanes |
Collection |
TMA |
Credit Line |
Gift of the Torch Collection, Houston, Texas |
Culture |
Mexico |
Date |
1996 |
Description |
Photograph taken in Mexico depicting a dancer in costume during The Dance of the Jaguars. They wear a pale skinned mask with a slight frown and black facial hair, as well as a beauty mark on its chin. They also wear a red bandana to cover their actual face and neck. Their headpiece covers half their mask in red, white, blue, green, and yellow with ribbons hanging from spiky, circular shapes. George O. Jackson de llano's background in Mexican culture has had a major influence on his photography. In the 1970s, Jackson travelled frequently to the jungles of southern Mexico in search of rare palms and cycads. There he came in close contact with indigenous communities, which ignited interest in the people and their traditional customs and festivals. Jackson's major photographic work, The Essence of Mexico Project, was a decade-long project to document the seasonal religious festivals-the syncretic rites and dances, costumes, masks, and ephemeral art-of the indigenous people, many of whom are still practicing traditions and honoring gods that date back to the advent of agriculture. Jackson was educated at the Riverside Military Academy in Georgia and at the University of Texas at Austin, he has spent much of his life traveling, visiting, and photographing in Mexico. |
Medium |
Photographic print |
Material |
Photographic print |
Catalog Number |
2006.17.108 |
Title |
Le Danza de los Tecuanes |