The Magic of the Cities.
Zen promotes the rediscovery of the obvious, which is so often lost in its familiarity and simplicity. It sees the miraculous in the common and magic in our everyday surroundings. When we are not rushed, and our minds are unclouded by conceptualizations, a veil will sometimes drop, introducing the viewer to a world unseen since childhood. ~ John Greer
Showing posts with label La Noche de los Alebrijes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label La Noche de los Alebrijes. Show all posts
Monday, November 18, 2013
Mexican Colors I
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Into The Night
Somnicus Feminamorphic by Fabian Hernandez (Alebrijes Exhibition) |
“Each night, when I
go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
― Mahatma Gandhi
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Tlacaelel
Alebrije (colored Mexican folk art sculptures) by Alejandro Zamudio R. (The Night of The Alebrijes exhibition) |
Tlacaelel I (1397 – 1487) was the principal
architect of the Aztec Triple Alliance and hence
the Mexica
(Aztec) empire. He was the son of Emperor Huitzilihuitl and
Queen Cacamacihuatl, nephew of Emperor Itzcoatl,
and brother of Emperors Chimalpopoca and Moctezuma I.
Tlacaelel recast or
strengthened the concept of the Aztecs as a chosen people,
elevated the tribal god/hero Huitzilopochtli to
top of the pantheon of gods, and increased militarism.
To strengthen the
Aztec nobility, he helped create and enforce sumptuary laws,
prohibiting commoners from wearing certain adornments such as lip plugs, gold
armbands, and cotton cloaks. He also instigated a policy of burning the
books of conquered peoples with the aim of erasing all memories
of a pre-Aztec past.
When he dedicated the seventh reconstruction of the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan,
Tlacaelel had brought his nation to the height of its power. The dedication
took place in 1484 and was celebrated with the sacrifice of many war captives.
After Tlacaelel's death in 1487, the Mexica Empire continued to expand north
into the Gran Chichimeca and south toward the Maya lands.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The Night of the Alebrijes IV
"Ignis Spiritus" Alebrije (paper mache) by Israel Alcala. [Hyperion] |
(Alebrijes are brightly colored Mexican folk
art sculptures of fantastical creatures. The first alebrijes, along with
use of the term, originated with Pedro Linares. After dreaming the
creatures while sick in the 1930s, he began to create what he saw in cardboard
and paper mache. His work caught the attention of a gallery owner
in Cuernavaca and later, the artists Diego
Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Linares was originally from México City, he
was born June 29, 1906 in México City and never moved out of México City, he
died January 25, 1992. Then in the 1980s, British Filmmaker, Judith Bronowski,
arranged an itinerant demonstration workshop in U.S.A. participating Pedro
Linares, Manuel Jiménez and a textil artisan Maria Sabina from
Oaxaca. Although the Oaxaca valley area already had a history of carving animal
and other types of figures from wood, it was at this time, when Bronowski's
workshop took place when artisans from Oaxaca knew the alebrijes paper mache
sculptures.)
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The Night of the Alebrijes III
‘Ayotochtli’
Alebrije (paper mache) by Alejandro A. López
Aguilar.
La Noche de los Alebrijes
/ The Night of the Alebrijes
|
‘Hybrid Bioestructure’
Alebrije (paper mache) by Luis Daniel Perez
Moreno
La Noche de los Alebrijes / The Night of
the Alebrijes
|
‘Itzanayáhuari’
(Jungle Creatures of the Space Age)
Alebrije (paper mache) by Diana
La Noche de los Alebrijes / The Night of
the Alebrijes
|
‘Fishing’
Alebrije (paper mache) by Liliana Crotte Carrillo
La Noche de los Alebrijes / The Night of
the Alebrijes
|
(Alebrijes are brightly colored Mexican folk
art sculptures of fantastical creatures. The first alebrijes, along with
use of the term, originated with Pedro Linares. After dreaming the
creatures while sick in the 1930s, he began to create what he saw in cardboard
and paper mache. His work caught the attention of a gallery owner
in Cuernavaca and later, the artists Diego
Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Linares was originally from México City, he
was born June 29, 1906 in México City and never moved out of México City, he
died January 25, 1992. Then in the 1980s, British Filmmaker, Judith Bronowski,
arranged an itinerant demonstration workshop in U.S.A. participating Pedro
Linares, Manuel Jiménez and a textil artisan Maria Sabina from
Oaxaca. Although the Oaxaca valley area already had a history of carving animal
and other types of figures from wood, it was at this time, when Bronowski's
workshop took place when artisans from Oaxaca knew the alebrijes paper mache
sculptures.)
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