Dancing with Devils: Latin American Mask Tradition
Ritter Art Gallery
On View: January 23 鈥 February 22, 2025
Celebration Reception: January 23, 4:30 - 8:30听
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Featuring: Leonardo Carrizo, Do帽a Iselsa, Su谩rez-Ram铆rez Manuel, 鈥淓l Mocho鈥 Sanoja, Italo Esp铆n, Felix 鈥淓l Pescador鈥 V谩squez, Victor Justo, Jos茅 Betancourt, Felipe Abreu, Manuel Jes煤s Jim茅nez, Miguel 鈥淓l Chino鈥 Caraballo
Diablada festivals are among the most widely recognized celebrations in Latin America, with transatlantic roots tracing back to 15th century dances of the Moors and the Christians in the Iberian Peninsula. In this celebration, festive devils dance, play, laugh at authority, provoke, and taunt spectators dressed as multifaceted masked figures of Latin America鈥檚 past and present. This traveling exhibition come to us from the Ohio State鈥檚 Center for Latin American Studies along with documentary photographs of the Diablada de P铆llaro (Devils Dance of P铆llaro, Ecuador) by photojournalist Leonardo Carrizo (OSU School of Communications). Also in exhibit are holdings from 国产自拍鈥檚 anthropology department and University Art Collection highlighting the University鈥檚 research.
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Images: Picture 1: (left to right) Los Diablos, Leonardo Carrizo, 2017, digital photography. 听El Vejigante, Miguel "El Chino" Caraballo, mask; Cach煤a Mask, La Vega, Dominican Republic, 1989, mask; Unfinished, unpainted lech贸n mask, Victor Justo, Santo de los Caballeros, Domnican Republic, 1987, unpainted mask; Griffin Head Mask with Cow's Teeth, Felix "El Pescador" V谩squez, mask, cow's teeth. Portrait, Leonardo Carrizo, 2022, digital photograph. "Lechoncito", Victor Justo, 1987, mask. Picture 2: Mask Creation Materials, Leonardo Carrizo, 2017, digital photography; Unfinished, Unpainted Newspaper 3-Horned Mask, Do帽a Iselsa Su谩rez Ramirez, 1987,听 mask; Bailar铆n de l铆nea, Leonardo Carrizo, 2017, digital photography. Picture 3: Devil Masks from Latin America, Leonardo Carrizo, digital photography.听
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