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#animals
#Jacobo and Maria Ángeles Workshop
#Mexico
#mythology
#sculpture
#wooden
November 22, 2022
Grace Ebert
In Guardians, artists María del Carmen Mendoza Méndez and Jacobo Ángeles Ojeda, of Jacobo and Maria Ángeles Workshop, pay homage to the legendary creatures of their Oaxacan childhoods. The husband-wife duo carves the mushy wooden of the copal tree into fantastical creatures that reference Mesoamerican spirituality and Mexican people artwork, together with the sculptures generally known as alebrijes. They confer with the unearthly characters as Tonas and Nahuales and cloak the birds, butterflies, and beasts in vibrant patterns and Zapotec symbols. The artists describe the protecting works:
Guardians are courageous creatures who safeguard their tribe. These legendary characters from the story ‘Nomads’ maintain their heads excessive by accepting the duty of caring for, transporting, and defending everybody. (Theirs) is a narrative of resistance, persecution, and migration right into a dystopian future, the place science is mixed with ancestral cosmovisions.
On view via January 12, 2023, Guardians is the inaugural present on the newly opened Mano Gallery in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. The gallery is dedicated to artwork and design from Mexico and to creating an area for artists keen on preserving mythology and the nation’s heritage. Discover extra from Jacobo and Maria Ángeles Workshop on their web site and Instagram.
#animals
#Jacobo and Maria Ángeles Workshop
#Mexico
#mythology
#sculpture
#wooden
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