Canteros de Teotihuacán
Topic: The Surrender of Moctezuma
Description: With the Great Tenochtitlán in flames after battle, Captain Hernán Cortés forces Emperor Moctezuma II to surrender by throwing the scepter (ceremonial staff used by rulers as symbol of power or sovereignty) from the main temple in full view of the Mexica people, a sign of surrender to Spanish conquerors. In the landscape, we can see two volcanoes with eternal snows, adorned by the Lake of Texcoco, serve as space for an eagle fleeing from the Dantesque scene. Likewise, a jaguar warrior and an eagle knight assault Spanish soldiers, who, protected by armor and surrounded by Tlaxcala warriors shoot their bows at Mexica people, who in turn, incredulously kill the Aztec emperor with a stone thrown at is head, consummating with his death the conquest of a city built on an islet 300 years ago.
Daniel Camacho is an artist born in October 1982 of Mexican origin. From a very young age he began his passion for painting as a means of expression and personal evolution. Daniel studied at the Academia de San Carlos de la CDMX, in the workshop of the master muralist Alfredo Nieto, and later studied in Bellas Artes [Fine Arts] de cd Nezahualcóyotl.
Inspired by the mystical and magical knowledge of the initiatory cultures, he focused his attention mainly on the past and present world of the “Anahuac” Valley of Mexico. It was central to several pre-Columbian civilizations, including Teotihuacan, the Toltec and Aztec, and became a well known site that epitomized the scene of early Classic Mesoamerican cultural development as well.
His work has become a tool to rescue, disseminate and resignify the indigenous identity and pre-Hispanic worldview. With this purpose, he has produced works for Fundacio?n Cultural Armella Spitalier (FCAS) representing different archaeological zones, capturing and embodying the teachings of the ancient Mexicans. In addition to participating in different collective and individual exhibitions, Daniel has produced murals and easel works for private collections with the theme of Mexican identity.
Daniel’s pictorial technique is rooted in Mesoamerican art and in the Flemish school of the European low countries, in addition to the Mexican School of Painting, headed by masters such as Diego Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros, and Doctor Atl, thus making
Topic: The Surrender of Moctezuma
Description: With the Great Tenochtitlán in flames after battle, Captain Hernán Cortés forces Emperor Moctezuma II to surrender by throwing the scepter (ceremonial staff used by rulers as symbol of power or sovereignty) from the main temple in full view of the Mexica people, a sign of surrender to Spanish conquerors. In the landscape, we can see two volcanoes with eternal snows, adorned by the Lake of Texcoco, serve as space for an eagle fleeing from the Dantesque scene. Likewise, a jaguar warrior and an eagle knight assault Spanish soldiers, who, protected by armor and surrounded by Tlaxcala warriors shoot their bows at Mexica people, who in turn, incredulously kill the Aztec emperor with a stone thrown at is head, consummating with his death the conquest of a city built on an islet 300 years ago.
Daniel Camacho is an artist born in October 1982 of Mexican origin. From a very young age he began his passion for painting as a means of expression and personal evolution. Daniel studied at the Academia de San Carlos de la CDMX, in the workshop of the master muralist Alfredo Nieto, and later studied in Bellas Artes [Fine Arts] de cd Nezahualcóyotl.
Inspired by the mystical and magical knowledge of the initiatory cultures, he focused his attention mainly on the past and present world of the “Anahuac” Valley of Mexico. It was central to several pre-Columbian civilizations, including Teotihuacan, the Toltec and Aztec, and became a well known site that epitomized the scene of early Classic Mesoamerican cultural development as well.
His work has become a tool to rescue, disseminate and resignify the indigenous identity and pre-Hispanic worldview. With this purpose, he has produced works for Fundacio?n Cultural Armella Spitalier (FCAS) representing different archaeological zones, capturing and embodying the teachings of the ancient Mexicans. In addition to participating in different collective and individual exhibitions, Daniel has produced murals and easel works for private collections with the theme of Mexican identity.
Daniel’s pictorial technique is rooted in Mesoamerican art and in the Flemish school of the European low countries, in addition to the Mexican School of Painting, headed by masters such as Diego Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros, and Doctor Atl, thus making
Canteros de Teotihuacán