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Raymundo López's painting "The Goose" features rich, earthy tones and a dynamic composition focused on a Tsotsil woman and children in traditional attire, accompanied by a goose amidst oversized chess pieces. The realism is striking, with a blending of surreal elements like the chess pieces, highlighting displacement and strategic survival. The piece reflects the artist’s exploration of identity and resilience amid cultural transformations and economic challenges faced by migrant workers, embodying a narrative of Maya perseverance. ...
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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.