GEORGE YEPES: EL TEPEYAC DE LOS ANGELES




Photo © Robin Dunitz

Date
1994-95

Location
St. Lucy's Catholic Church
City Terrace Drive and Hazard Avenue
City Terrace

Media Notes
Acrylic

Description

Traditional Madonna and child side by side with a more contemporary image of a Latina mother cradling her fallen gang member son. El Tepeyac refers to the holy site in Mexico where a 17th century campesino is supposed to have seen a vision of a brown-skinned Virgin Mary.


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