In this exhibition artist Bayrol Jiménez retells myths from battles, such as Emperor Moctzeuma II against the ancient Toltec king Huemac, as well as battles from the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. He tells these stories through these large-scale oil paintings, stripping symbols from their canonical meanings, creating his own code or language.
Bayrol Jiménez manages to portray – through the infinite color ranges that characterise his creations – this, unfortunately, natural predisposition that humans have to be cruel against each other. He does so by showing these phantasmagoric creations that show this netherworld, this evil side, while also showing in an exceptionally peculiar way, the way of life, culture and tradition of the Toltec culture, which has forged the being and wisdom of the Mexican people to this day.
