Nahum B. Zenil (1947, Chicontepec, Mexico), a contemporary of Pellicer, is a crucial figure in the Neo-Mexicanist movement that emerged in the 1980s. In his work, he expresses his queer identity through a visual repertoire that critically references Catholic and pre-Hispanic iconography, national symbols, popular art, landscapes, and the representation of the nude figure. Homoerotic desire is expressed intimately through carefully rendered self-portraits that are both realistic and fantastical, acknowledging the body as a vessel for cultural, social, and political experience.