Azteca Moderno - ATL Library Exhibit

Four paintings by DTM will share a wall at the Atlanta Public Library, Kirkwood Branch from ​January to March 2023

​The Azteca Moderno series began as an exercise in revisiting my family history from Mexico City, to the small town we all come from deep in Aztec Country - Tixca (Tecatitlan/Acatlitan as far as I remember the spelling, will look it up later), and then all the way to the streets of East LA where many a mural tells the story of the Aztec Empire, Gods and Goddesses and of course, Chicanos. 

Azteca Moderno is the modern representation of Aztec Gods and Goddesses with a CyberFunk twist. The Art Style combines the comics I grew up reading and the paint brush style of fine art. There are no weapons in Azteca Moderno, instead the Gods carry creative tools like pencils, pens, markers and spray cans. 

Details on the paintings are below, visit the library and hang out with some art! 

Cuatlicue - Aztec Goddess

Acrylic and Markers on Canvas
2016 by @DeltaTangoMike 
$2,500 

​Coatlicue, (Nahuatl: “Serpent Skirt”) Aztec earth goddess, symbol of the earth as both creator and destroyer, mother of the gods and mortals.

Huitzilopchtli - Aztec God

30X40 
Acrylic and Markers on Canvas
​2017 by @DeltaTangoMike 
$1,500 

​Huitzilopochtli, also spelled Uitzilopochtli, also called Xiuhpilli (“Turquoise Prince”) and Totec (“Our Lord”), Aztec sun and war god, one of the two principal deities of Aztec religion, often represented in art as either a hummingbird or an eagle.

Quetzalcoatl - Aztec God
30X40 
Markers on Canvas 
2017 by @DeltaTangoMike 
$1,500 

​​Quetzalcoatl ("feathered serpent" or "plumed serpent") is the Nahuatl name for the Feathered-Serpent deity of ancient Mesoamerican culture. In Mesoamerican myth Quetzalcoatl is also a mythical culture hero from whom almost all mesoamerican peoples claim descent.

Mecha Goddess

Acrylic and Markers on Canvas 
2017 by @DeltaTangoMike 
$3,500
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Azteca Moderno is the modern representation of Aztec Gods and Goddesses with a CyberFunk twist. There is more to come.