"My work is a continuation of the work of all those that came before me. I'm picking up where my ancestors left off.I'm a mestizo from Mexico. When my two halves mixed in the early 1500's they created the cosmic race with much bloodshed and brutality. The beauty that was the Aztec codices was destroyed, either burned or stolen. Ironically the stealing helped preserve the few surviving codices in foreign hands and lands. I've been studying them, particularly the 'Codex Nutall.' Well, now I'm stealing them back, mixing them with my dreams and the labor of my hands to create a contemporary image based on the structure of my past."
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