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Guadalupe Anaya

Day of the Dead Celebration, Oct-Nov 2011:

Guadalupe Anaya's prints were included in this exhibition courtesy of Yvonne Zarata. This collection of original prints was inspired by the traditional Mexican card game, ¡Lotería!. Artist Guadalupe Anaya uses various printmaking techniques, etching, aquatint, drypoint and chine collé to create highly original interpretations of the traditional images of the Loteria cards, including the heart, the hand, the frog, the spider, the siren, etc. Anaya plays on the meaning of each card and pays homage to the desire of risking it all, only to lose the majority of the time. The outcome is a visual feast of mixed media, all depicting the art of good fortune.

¡Lotería! is a game similar to bingo, but uses illustrations rather than numbers. The game was originated in Italy, moved to Spain and finally came to Mexico in 1769. It was first played by the colonial Spanish elite but eventually was embraced by all of Mexican society.

Complete list of works exhibited:

• 'La Escalera / The Ladder,' aquatint and burin
• 'La Araña / The Spider,' mezzotint
• 'El Guajolote / The Turkey,' etching, aquatint
• 'El Venado / The Deer,' dry point, burin
• 'La Mano / The Hand,' etching, aquatint
• 'El Caballo / The Horse,' burin, aquatint
• 'El Arbol / The Tree,' etching, aquatint
• 'La Muerte / Death,' transfer, burin
• 'El Corazón / The Heart,' transfer, burin and dry point
• 'El Gallo / The Rooster,' dry point
• 'La Piñata / The Piñata,' collograph

Biography:

Guadalupe Anaya is a painter, sculptor and printmaker from Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. She graduated in 1994 from the Escuela Popular de Bellas Artes of the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Her work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in Mexico and internationally in Nicaragua and the U.S.

Visit Guadalupe Anaya's website.