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My Alamo

Title: My Alamo
Alternative Title: My Alamo, 2b
Creator: Vargas, Kathy
Website: https://artist-encuentro.elevator.umn.edu/asset/viewAsset/6a8c5814f7f4d574f1099533
Description: This image shows Davy Crockett standing in front of a shadowed papel picado in the shape of the Alamo, a reference to the stereotype of colorful Mexican Americans. Overall, the so-called shrine reveals the dominance of white cultural superiority in San Antonio. The artist’s text states, “I understood that even when there were ‘papel picado’ Alamos, it was Davy Crockett who was celebrated.” This image is from the series, “My Alamo.” Gelatin silver print with hand coloring on silver metals mat. Dimensions: 20” x 16”
Subject: Photography; Image and text; Texas--San Antonio--Alamo; Memory; Texas history; Lone star; Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836; Chicana art; Conceptual art; Postmodernism; Criticism; Ethnic stereotypes; Nepantla; Double exposure
Date: 1995
Contributor: Kathy Vargas
Image: https://artist-encuentro.elevator.umn.edu/fileManager/bestDerivativeByFileId/6a8c58448aeffac19a00de73
Collection: Summer 2026
Access Rights: © 1995, Kathy Vargas. This image may not be reproduced for commercial purposes without the written consent of the artist. The image may be used for educational personal individual uses and with credit to the artist.