Pita Wild C.
Son Calenda is the essence of the Oaxacan party. It is, as many know, a song from the Isthmus, a sound that repeats and repeats, and seems like it will never end, and when you go home happy you still have it in your head. It is a song that is heard at every party and every calenda, and there are seasons when Oaxaca seems like an infinite calenda, like during the season of the dead.
I love how those days are celebrated in Mexico and especially in Oaxaca. Working on this series I surprised myself, creating increasingly folkloric images, scenes full of figures (in the mere party), in traditional dresses full of details, so you can distinguish what community or type of party it refers to.
Reflecting on the regional culture, traditions and customs confirmed what I had been realizing day after day since I arrived here...
Here folklore is alive, you can fill your eyes with it on every corner, you hear it in the next neighborhood and you can eat it in the market. And it's delicious to go out and let your senses be filled with all that.
Píta Wild C. “La Oaxacheca”
Novios 1, 2019Linocut print on cotton paper38 x 47 cm
Wannabe Tamayo, 2019Linocut print on cotton paper47 x 33.5 cm
Viva el mezcal, 2019Linocut print on cotton paper34.5 x 70 cm
Son Calenda, 2019Grabado en linóleo70 x 90cm
Selfie - Muerteada de Etla, 2019Linocut print on cotton paper70 x 63 cm
SOLD Selfie - Muerteada de Etla, 2019Grabado en linóleo e intervenido con color70 x 63 cm
The devils' girlfriends, 2019Linocut print on cotton paper77.5 x 61 cm
Los zancudos, 2019Linocut print on cotton paper70 x 140 cm
Serenade, 2019Linocut print on cotton paper53 x 69 cm
La vibora de la mar, 2019Linoctu print on cotton paper90 x 102 cm
Chinas Oaxaqueñas, 2022Linocut print on cotton paper70 x 100 cm
When to the Valley, the sea arrived, 2019Linocut print on cotton paper84.5 x 72 cm
Silliness in life, silliness in death, 2019Linocut print on cotton paper33.5 X 33.5 CM
Flor de Piña (Flower of pineapple dance), 2019Linocut print on cotton paper80 x 64 cm
Instagramable Oaxaca, 2023Linocut print on cotton paper82 x 47 x 17 cm