Franco Mondini-Ruiz (b.1961, TX), "Mestizo Meltdown", resin and spoon sculpture, signed, dated 2013

Mestizo/a is a racial classification historically used to refer to a person of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry. While originally used as a classification in the colonial castas system, the rise of twentieth century nationalism and a newly celebrated mestizaje gave the term mestizo a new meaning centered on a new identity that is neither Spanish nor Indigenous. Today "mestizo" has become a largely self-identified cultural identity regardless of one's racial background.

6 x 1.5"

Provenance: Property from a Spring Branch, Texas collection

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