Programs · Past program · 2022
Malintzin: Unraveled and Rewoven
An immersive installation that untangled one of Mexico's most captivating icons, created by Denver artists and CU Denver students in dialogue with the Denver Art Museum's La Malinche exhibition.
Malintzin: Unraveled and Rewoven was an immersive journey that untangled one of Mexico's most prolific and captivating icons. It opened with a reception on March 31, 2022, at the CU Denver Experience Gallery (formerly the Next Stage Gallery) at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, and ran through May 1, 2022.
Inspired by the Denver Art Museum's Traitor, Survivor, Icon: The Legacy of La Malinche, the installation brought together Denver-based artists Lilian Lara and Norberto Mojardin with CU Denver Professor Bryan Leister and his students to examine the polarizing figure who served as a bridge between the Aztec and Spanish empires. It loosened the threads of Malinche's story and rewove them into a jungle of fabric foliage and textiles — an evolving interpretation of her power as a woman caught in impossible situations.
The exhibition was a partnership of LCAC, the CU Denver College of Arts & Media and the Denver Art Museum.
