Josh
- Plaster bandage, paper clay
- 8 x 6.5 x 4.5 in
- NFS
- Zarco Guerrero
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Not For Sale
Josh is a full-face mask blending human, animal, and demon figures. It is made of plaster bandage and paper clay, painted with acrylic paints and ribbon, which ties the mask to the performer.
It has red and dark purple designs painted on the forehead, cheeks, and around the mouth and horns. The mouth has animal style teeth and fangs outlined with purple paint. The horns have purple rings painted around their base and a purple circle in the center of the forehead. The mask expression is angry or fierce.
CalaKabuki is a blending of the words Calaca and Kabuki.
This style came to the artists while working at the Japanese Matsuri festival in Phoenix, Arizona. The artists wanted to blend the theatrical kabuki style of mask painting, the Japanese Noh mask look, and the Calaca Día de los Muertos skeleton style.
These masks are currently used by Ken Koshio and his group at Cultural Coalitions’ Mask Alive festival for taiko drum performances.
All masks were initially sculpted for specific individuals while performing parkour at the Cultural Coalition Día de Los Muertos festivals. Their group name at the time was called the Flow-Ninjas.
These masks are part of the Performance Collection, which contains pieces available for loan to use in community and artistic performances.
- Subject Matter: Stylized Human face
- Created: 2012
- Inventory Number: PM004
- Collections: Performance Education Collection