Dance of Diablado
Bolivia, late-20th cent.
Unpainted tin from recycled alcohol cans
(14 1/2" w. x 12" d. x 15" h.)

According to myth there was once an Andean bear. The origin of the mask could be credited to both the indigenous people, europeans or even the Chinese. The bear appears as a figure in many of the street dances, including the Carnaval and Gran Poder during summer solstice. the entire costume has an aura of humor as then participants must wear a body suit made of fake fur to make themselves look beasty.

by Zodwa Mjwara - South Africa
Recycled telephone wire w/ steel wire core
(12 1/4"d x 1 1/2" h)

Mabilon Jimenez (Peru), c.2013
Painted plaster sculpture in painted wood box (colors and specific design may vary)
(10" h. x 5 1/2" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

Ida Anom Suryawan - Bali, Indonesia, c.2010
Wood, leather, inner-tube rubber, oil-based paints
(5 1/2" w. x 5" d. x 7 3/4" h.)

Ida Anom Suryawan - Bali, Indonesia, 2014
Wood, inner-tube rubber, leather, syntheticfur, oil-based paints.
(7" w. x 4" d. x 8" h.)

Suresh Durve - Patangarh, Madhya Pradesh State, India
2014
Acrylic and ink on paper
(14" h. x 10" w. )

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2018
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(7 1/4" w. x 3 1/2" d. x 7 1/2" h.)

Qhaghoo Xare (b. 1971)- Khoisan people, Ghanzi, Botswana
Reduction linocut, #6/20, 2007
(7 3/4" h. x 11 3/4" w. image size on 11 1/4" x 15" sheet)

Qhaqhoo joined the Kuru Art Project as a young teenager in 1991 as one of the first artists of the project. Through the years he maintained a style with clear cut edges and clean flat spaces. His work reflects a simplicity that is peculiar to him. In his simplified animal and plant forms lies a resemblance to the rock art that was done centuries ago by his ancestors. His work has been received favorably and has been exhibited together with other Kuru Art worldwide. Qhaqhoo was invited to participate in the Intergrafia’94 World Award Winners Gallery, in Katowice, Poland and in Ronneby, Sweden. His work was also accepted for the MTG’94 (International Print Triennial) Krakow, Poland, Intergrafia ’94, Branska Bystrica, Slovakia and Print Triennial ’94, Consumenta’95 in Nuremberg, Germany.  (Bio courtesy of Kuru Art Project).

Anil Bariya - Pitol, Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh State, India
c.2013
Acrylic on paper
(11" h. x 15" w. )