‘La Santa Muerte’ art exhibit opens in Arizona
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – The skeleton folk saint known as La Santa Muerte is the focus of a new Arizona exhibit that features the work of artists who are attempting to offer new interpretations of the underworld deity.
The 4th annual “Santa Muerte Music & Arts Festival” opened Saturday at Tucson’s Sacred Machine Museum. It features work on the death saint from 22 artists from around the world. Not only are artists from Mexico taking a stab at recasting the image, but so are artists from New Zealand and other parts of the U.S.
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[Photo courtesy Sacred Machine Museum]