Mexican artist Minerva Cuevas’s monumental relief mural The River (2024) continues her exploration of pre-Hispanic iconography, threading her artistic practice through the rich lineage of Mesoamerica—a cultural epicenter of the Americas long before Columbus’s arrival. Conceived for Cc Foundation in Shanghai, The River also draws its inspiration from the Chinese Bronze Age(c. 2000–221 B.C.E.), especially the discoveries at the Sanxingdui archaeological site (c. 1300–1000 B.C.E.) in Sichuan Province.

The mural, measuring twelve meters in length and three meters in height will be on view at the CcFoundation in Shanghai until January 26, 2025.

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