Cuando Hablan Los Santos: Contemporary Santero Traditions from Northern New Mexico
[New Mexico]: Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, 1995. Paperback. Blue wraps with color-photo illustration and gold lettering; xvi, 128 pp.; richly illustrated. VG- (Wraps are lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are worn and lightly foxed/smudged; interior is clean; binding is solid.). Item #195198
"In the 1990s, Santeros (saint makers) Charles Carillo and Félix López worked with Maxwell Museum Curator Mari Lyn Salvador to co-curate a remarkable exhibition focused on the tradition of carved and painted wooden devotional images of northern New Mexico. The exhibition, which subsequently traveled the country, featured 90 works by 13 respected contemporary carvers. Four santeros—Charles Carillo, Gustavo Victor Goler, Ramon José López, and Luis Tapia were—were featured as individuals. Works by the remaining nine were organized by family (the Romeros featuring Marie Romero Cash, Anita Romero Jones and the López family of Cordova featuring Gloria López Córdova, Sabanita López Ortiz). The final grouping, La Escuelita including works by Félix López, Manuel López, José Benjamin López, Le Roy López, Luisito Lujan featured the work of a school of carvers... Featuring bultos (statues), retablos (paintings on wood), and reredos (altar screens), the exhibition provided historical context on New Mexico’s santero tradition, but primarily focused on the present, featuring (in Spanish and English), the words and perspectives of carvers themselves." -- Maxwell Museum website (viewed 07/18/2022).
OCLC: 33320135
Price: $35.00