Sep. 23, 2024 – May. 23, 2025
This mural was created by Alán Serna as part of the El Mero Muro program at Mexic-Arte Museum. You can view the mural anytime along the 5th Street side of Mexic-Arte Museum.
About
“This mural is dedicated to my Apa Beto and my Abuela Maria. Their portrait is set in an open night time landscape of their burial plot, and is accompanied by painting of their tomb with their favorite travel snacks, coca-cola light and chicharrones set in a bolsa de mandado. The text in the upper part of the mural is a reinterpretation of the phrase, “En la tierra como en el cielo”. Rewriting this phrase as, “En el cielo como en la tierra” is my way of expressing hope that they’re living as happily in the next life as they did when they lived.” – Alán Serna
Artist Bio
Alán Serna is an inter-media artist from Huanusco, Zacatecas, MX, now living and working in San Antonio, TX. In 2018, Serna earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in Intermedia from the University of Kentucky and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking in 2015 from The University of Texas at San Antonio, where he is currently an Assistant Professor of Printmaking and Drawing. Serna is the co-founder and Master Printer of Feral Editions, an independent publisher of fine art prints, artist books, and ephemera.