Mexican Gothic

Jim Mott 2010
Mexican Gothic
archival pigment print
8" x 5"

The image of the elegantly dresses skeleton has become the symbol of Dia de los Muertos throughout most of Mexico. The original lithograph was produced by Jose Guadalupe Posada in the last 19th century.

Somewhere along the way, the image of the dapper skeleton came to be merged with our Halloween traditions and these costumes emerged. Some young people embrace this new tradition with gusto, parading around the town square as if attending a macabre wedding festival. They stay completely in character and don't speak a word to anyone, although they are not above drinking a Coke or sending a quick text to a friend. - Jim Mott



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