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In "Sacred Pepper," Raymundo López employs a realistic style with vibrant colors, focusing on a figure holding a plant with an intriguing spiral structure. The artwork highlights indigenous attire and symbolism through the mystical presence of the plant. López's technique blends detailed textures and subtle shading. The piece comments on the endurance of Tsotsil culture amidst changing socioeconomic landscapes, symbolizing Maya survival and renewal.
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Raymundo López has drawn and painted since early childhood, and continues today — now a migrant fieldworker in Florida, USA, too — with a formidable realism, deconstructing Tsotsil village-life with brave nostalgia, and pointing an ironic finger at employer neocolonialisms in the present lap of opportunity-cum-disillusion. His work is an exercise and assurance of Maya survival through renewal.