Hoja Santa – Maciejka (Maya) Art (Dewi Lewis)

Maya Art’s work explores themes of femininity, religious syncretism and cultural diversity. In 2017, she spent a year in the home of Juliana, a lawyer and her teenage daughter, Veronica, in the Afro-Mexican village of Costa Chica, Oaxaca. Juliana introduced her to the women of the community who live relatively separately from the men because of a local history of violence. The work explores three main themes: the anthropology of Afro-Mexican villages, the coming together of Catholic and African spirituality, and the place of women in society