assignment 4 b.

Esta no fue una historia de amor
SINOPSIS:
La historia de Cortés y La Malinche no es una historia de amor, es
una historia de dominio. La vida de la Malinche se redujo a su
lengua, gracias a ella fue importante, no era ni persona ni mujer, era
una lengua. Esta es una historia donde las lenguas, las culturas
y las razas

www.fllanos.com/pinchemalinche/videos.html

I came across this fantastic piece of pop art while searching for information on Marina la Malinche. I thought that I would include the text because it is a good example of another perspective. It shows the way that a Latina views her. I do not speak Spanish well, but what I gather is this: The history of Cortes and Malinche is not a history of love, but a history of domination. Malinche’s life was reduced to a tongue, she was thankful for her importance, but she wasn’t a person, she was just a tongue. She is the history of the language, the culture, the race

Observation: I like the way the artist has used found images to make her own statement; she uses older and popular images of both Cortes and La Malinche. Puts them is a blender (a nice one I might add) adds some vegetables and makes a symbolic salsa, or Mestizos.

Interpretation: The artist is trying to summarize and express her feelings about the relationship of Cortes and La Malinche. While trying to make the greater statement of how it is not and romantic or idyllic start, but it is her culture all the same. The choice of bold colors expresses the strength and pride that she feels and the blender represents the machine that was the Spanish invasion.

Judgment: I liked that I had recognized pieces of the collage from other artwork I had seen during my search. I like that it is familiar, I was drawn to it because it seemed like something that I would hang in my house.

Questioning: I know that the artist is a woman, but would love to know what she was like. I like what she wrote in her synopsis, she seems sure of herself. I would have liked to have been able to access the mini video to see what else she had done. What prompted her to do this? Was it a school assignment?