Duende #2
- Plaster bandage, paper clay
- 11 x 5.75 x 4 in
- Zarco Guerrero
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Not For Sale
Duende #2. Carved wood, pounded copper pieces for eyes, and horse hair, painted with acrylic paints. Part of the artists' original CuCui Series (spanish for the Bogeyman). Artist describes these "demons" to be good demons, pretending to be bad to scare the "heck" out of you if your are misbehaving. Inspired by the Japanese style demon masks.
Full mask of male figure with carved wooden horns and dark brown hair. Expression of mask is angry. Two carved horns on top of head are painted gold. Eyebrows painted brown and carved in a thin arch. Thick raised "vein" bump carved down center of forehead. Eyes are completely made of pounded copper with a hole punched through. Painted brown separated mustache is raised on sides to curve around corners of mouth. Mouth carved in a wide smile and open to expose top and bottom teeth. Lips painted pink, and teeth painted white, with incisors and lower canines very long and pointy. Lower lip has a patch of hair in an upside down triangle shape, also painted brown. Overall mask painted an orange color.
- Subject Matter: Stylized Demon Face
- Created: 2000
- Inventory Number: 2023.001.019
- Collections: Founding Collection