Papel picado is the name given to the tissue paper flags chiseled with a variety of patterns and used to decorate buildings, Day of the Dead altars and streets during secular and religious celebrations in Mexico.
In this series, inspired by a collaboration with the late Jazmin Velasco-Moore, Montse Gallego uses traditional Aztec and Mayan imagery of mothers, fertility godesses, warriors, priests and priestesses, and kings enslaved by the invading Conquitsadors.