Tag Archive for ‘Day of the Dead’
Where Fun meets Funk-tion: Susan Speck
Speck delivers skewed fun not in spades, but in kitchenware and “Bone Guy” figurines, her take on Mexican Day of the Dead figures. Sometimes she combines the two, as in the Tim Burton-esque salt and pepper set pictured above. And yes, they’re fully functional; each of Speck’s creations is glazed for home use.
(ARTKC365) That which was, is; Those who were, are: Jason Sierra
Sierra’s predominant images are of the tiny casitas that are home to so many residents of Mexican border cities (Sierra grew up in El Paso and frequently crossed back and forth). He also makes reference to a Mexican holiday which, like the Celtic-rooted Hallowe’en, is less Christian than Christianized: “El Dia de los Muertos,” the Day of the Dead.
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