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Nuevas Visiones: Mayan Visions New Works by Sergio Santos

Nuevas Visiones: Mayan Visions is a selection of new works by Sergio Santos in which the Houston photographer examines the intricate connection of his ancestry rooted in Mayan/Spanish culture. For Sergio the photographs represent the tension felt through the historical conflict that extends into present day and continues to affect Latin Americans and their descendants. The images are not a historical depiction, but a photographic interpretation of passages from the Mayan creation account, the Popul Vuh. In the exhibition Sergio uses digital photography as an intentional contrast between technology and pre-Columbian mythology. “Being of Latin American descent is a confounding matter to have ancestry that is so diametrically opposed. We are the fruit of one forefather (the Spanish) and murder of the other forefather (the Mayan),” Sergio notes. The works will be on display through May 8, 2009.

The exhibit will take place March 26 through May 8, 2009, 10am to 4pm Monday through Friday at Space125 Gallery. Meet the Artist April 9, 2009, 6-8pm. Admission is free and open to the public.

Space 125 is located at 3201 Allen Parkway - Houston, TX 77019.

Sergio Santos is a Houston Arts Alliance Individual Artist Grantee. The Individual Artist Grant program represents just one of the many ways in which HAA supports Houston’s artistic community. The City of Houston annually supports this and more than 200 additional arts grants.