Anci
- Plaster bandage, paper clay
- 7 x 6 x 4 in
- Zarco Guerrero
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Not For Sale
Anci. Plaster bandage, paper clay, painted with acrylics. Half mask. Part of the Sun Serpent Series.
Female old woman figure. Dark black braid frames the top of the mask from side to side. Wrinkle lines are sculpted along the forehead, under the eyes, and along the sides of the nose and upper lip. Sculpted eyebrows protrude out over the eyes and are painted thin and black. Mask has painted brown age spots along the sides of the mask and temple areas of the forehead. Mask painted overall tannish color with wrinkles painted red or brown to show depth.
The Sun Serpent was a play produced by Childsplay and CALA Alliance, performed at Tempe Center for the Arts in 2011.
Artist and sculptor Zarco Guerrero made about 30 masks for the performance. All of the masks were made directly on the actors to better fit them during the performance.
- Subject Matter: human face
- Created: c. 2011
- Inventory Number: PM155
- Collections: Performance Education Collection