Calaveras
Meet the ultimate equalizer: a tiny, dapper skeleton standing alone in a yellow box, waving as if to say 'hello, mortality!' Below him, a Spanish poem lists everyone from the Pope and Kings to the English and Americans, declaring that in the grave, we are all just heaps of bones. This is the work of Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada, the godfather of Day of the Dead imagery. He created thousands of these 'calaveras' to mock the wealthy elite and politicians of his time, reminding them that no matter how fancy your suit is, you're just a skeleton underneath. It's a dark joke that became a beloved national symbol.
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