Emperor
- Plaster bandage, paper clay
- Zarco Guerrero
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Not For Sale
Emperor. Plaster bandage, paper clay, mixed media painted with acrylics. Half mask. Part of the Sun Serpent Series.
Male figure with Aztec Mesoamerican inspired headdress painted yellow and red. Upside down triangle in center of headdress painted yellow with red downward triangle inside. Sides of headdress are red with yellow shapes painted inside, ending on either side of face with gold earplugs. Earplugs have silver pieces inside them. Face of mask has a thick blue line that extends from side to side, covering the eyes from above the eyebrows to the tops of the cheeks. The cheeks each have one green dot painted on them.
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: PM148
- Collections: Performance Education Collection