UA alum Cristina C‡rdenas borrows the images of her Mexican cultural heritage in her

A Mexican-American immigrant originally from Guadalajara, Mexico, UA alumna Cristina C‡rdenas' artwork resurrects her own cultural history through images borrowed from her past.

Eleven of C‡rdenas' paintings, as well as five of her black-and-white self-portraits, will be on display at the Joseph Gross Gallery in the University of Arizona Fine Arts Complex. The exhibit, "a flor de piel," will open today.

Among the featured pieces are two of the artist's later works titled "Santa Perversa" and "Santa Agave." These paintings, C‡rdenas said, were inspired by two of her self-portraits, which she photographed while taking a class at Pima Community College.