Street Art

For me this piece of street art in Chicano Park intrigued me the most at my visit to the site. To me almost all street art revolves around problem so regarding society and politics ranging from discrimination, to corrupt, to ecology, etc.. This particular piece gives an essence of the national identity of Mexican-Americans. The piece itself appears to picture of the Aztec goddess, "Coatlicue, Diosa de la Tierra - Earth Goddess" holding the sun on one hand and the earth on the other. The Earth on the god's left hand pictures the Americas emphasizing the Native American culture of Mexican Heritage. The sun on the other hand symbolizes the importance it had on the Mexica Culture. How the goddess stands also prompts the idea that not only was the Aztec culture filled a palette of colors and the differences they had from European Culture, but also the evocation of power these gods had possessed over their people, as the goddess stands in  totem-like design which was very commo...