Sandra Del Pilar Mexico, b. 1973
In Hablando de paz y de guerra II, del Pilar shifts the focus to the power of language, challenging the reduction of Malintzin to a mere “translator.” By contrasting Christian and indigenous concepts of the divine, the work frames mediation as a transformative cultural and political act. Referencing indigenous visual sources such as the Florentine Codex and the Lienzo de Tlaxcala, del Pilar repositions Malintzin as a strategic political actor navigating asymmetrical power relations in pursuit of autonomy.
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