Week 3

The image that stood out to me for the week 3 was the triptych of the Virgen de Guadalupe with the Daughter, Mother, Grandmother. The piece that stood out to me the most was the one of the mother sowing the robe that is usually seen on the Virgen de Guadalupe. I also thought it was very creative on how the artist chose to pin the snake to the sowing machine. This piece was creative also in the way that the artist chose to highlight her mothers natural beauty by having the  piece have the brightest mandorla of all the three pieces of the triptych. I really liked how it focused on the natural beauty the artist saw in her mother and didn't bother taking an approach to make the Virgen de Guadalupe more centered around the strength there is amongst women. The symbolism on the mother piece really stood out to me because it reminds me of how hard my mother works and how her beauty does not need glamour. The artist does a great job in putting at the forefront the hard work in her mother, which is something I feel a lot of Chicana/o families can relate to. It is a non-traditional outlook on the Virgen de Guadalupe can also be an expression of how women are hard working and often work laborious jobs. This would counter the gender notions that women stay at home and are caregivers rather than hard working women.