Description
Carved by hand from copal wood, a vibrant bull rests in this traditional folk art alebrije sculpture from Mexico. Artisan duo Eugenia and Roberto Sosa create the piece, painting it by hand with intricate, multicolored motifs in blue. Alebrijes are a recent Mexican icon and are attributed to Pedro Linares. Unconscious due to illness in 1936, he was presumed near death, yet his dreams were extremely vivid. He tells of a place where all was peaceful and quiet until, all of a sudden, there appeared a lion with an eagle's head, a rooster with bull's horns and a donkey with butterfly wings. They kept screeching "alebrije, alebrije!" and Pedro began running away. He encountered a man who told him it was not his time to be there and that he should continue running toward the exit. In this dream, Pedro climbed out of a window and regained consciousness.
