Art of the People: Hands of God

	Art of the People: Hands of God 19 October 2009 We returned from our 2007 journey to Mexico with suitcases overflowing with Folk Art – embroidery, wood carvings and beadwork. But cradled in my arms, and too large and heavy for the suitcase, was the catalogue of the Museo de Arte Popular. This impressive tome is as great as the museum's collection itself – a feast of skeletons in their very best finery, monsters, masks and delicately painted grasshoppers. The fact that the text was in Spanish was irrelevant with 600 pages of spectacular folk art at stake. But, as of last night, I can read the book. No, I did not learn Spanish. Nor did I buy an English edition. No. Our Argentinean friends Laura and Christian carted their English edition of the book all the way from Buenos Aires to Berlin. And we swapped. And now they're on their way back home – hauling the Spanish version back across the ocean. Trust me. This book is worth it. But maybe you can get hold of it without so much heavy lifting.

Published by

Landucci/Oceano
Mexico City, 2007
ISBN 978-968-5893-69-5

Exhibition

Museo de Arte Popular

Found in

Mexico City