Alex Guerra

A term used to describe an array of those who have brown skin and seem to not be easily ethnically identified and categorized by the eyes of the majority.

 

Ambiguous Brown is about the reconnection and reclamation of identity through a series of artworks that focus on ancestry. Being a brown person in the United States means that you will often get asked where you are from because others seem to care what your ethnic background is. This project is a tool toward finding comfort, understanding, and belonging within one’s cultural background.  

 

This name also touches on the idea of the indigenous groups of Mexico and their wide ethnic and cultural makeup. Though, it specifically focuses on how they were affected post-colonization. For the majority of people from Mexico today it is very unlikely to have a clear idea of the connection had to specific groups. This means they can be an ambiguous combination of all those groups of people.