Dec 10, 2021
Dreamdew is now on its 28th issue (with the 29th soon to follow), featuring Pedro Linares' oneiric menagerie, his Alebrijes, and selections from Remedios Varo's dream journals.
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Dreamdew is now on its 28th issue (with the 29th soon to follow), featuring Pedro Linares' oneiric menagerie, his Alebrijes, and selections from Remedios Varo's dream journals.
To subscribe to Dreamdew, email [email protected].
ALEBRIJES, OAXACA. MÉXICO
Pedro Linares López's 115th Birthday
Pedro Linares López's 115th Birthday! #GoogleDoodle
Pedro Linares López's 115th Birthday! #GoogleDoodle
Pedro Linares: Google Doodle Praises 'Particular yet Energetic' Mexican Craftsman
Pedro Linares: Google Doodle Praises ‘Particular yet Energetic’ Mexican Craftsman
Pedro Linares López was a Mexican craftsman who is being commended with a Google Doodle on what might have been his 115th birthday celebration. He was referred to for creature models known as alebrijes. Linares passed on in 1992 and his family has helped keep his work and imaginative style alive in the years since.As per Google’s Doodle blog, “The present Doodle praises the 115th birthday…
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¿Conoces la historia de los alebrijes? Aquí te dejamos una descripción de estos coloridos seres
¿Conoces la historia de los alebrijes? Aquí te dejamos una descripción de estos coloridos seres
Los alebrijes son una artesanía mexicana surrealista elaborada de cartón, papel o madera que representa animales zoomorfos. Historia de los alebrijes
Pedro Linares López dio vida a estas criaturas.
Todo comenzó cuando Linares tenía alrededor de 30 años, él relata que después de haber estado muy enfermo perdió la conciencia cuando aún se encontraba en este estado.
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INSPIRATIONAL FIGURE: Pedro Linares “was the creator of the paper maché figurines named alebrijes. Pedro Linares started as a skilled maker of carton Judas figures and figurines for Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and many other artists from the Academia de San Carlos. The art form of alebrijes was created by Pedro Linares after he became ill at 30 years old. His own unique alebrijes originated from a dream, depicting his death and rebirth in a mountainous setting inhabited by these fierce creatures.While he was in bed, unconscious, Linares dreamt of a strange place resembling a forest. There were trees, animals, clouds, sky, rocks, etc.; he felt no pain and was very happy walking down there. Suddenly, rocks, clouds and animals turned into bizarre creatures; he saw a donkey with butterfly wings, a rooster with bull horns, a lion with an eagle head, and were shouting the word: "Alebrijes." Every animal was shouting louder and louder: "Alebrijes, Alebrijes, Alebrijes!". The sound was terrible, and Linares was not able to stay there for long. He got a terrible headache and ran along a stone road where a man was walking. Linares asked the man for help as he wanted to escape. The man told him that he should not be here yet, and said that Linares had to walk by that road a few meters ahead for the exit. Linares ran until he was in front of a narrow window, passed through that window, and then woke up.
After his illness subsided, Linares gave life to his vision and the art of making alebrijes was born. He wanted his family and everyone to know about the animals he saw by taking a piece of paper and molding the figurines from his memory, then painting them as he saw them in his dream.Soon, Pedro Linares would be renowned as the best artisan in Mexico. Alebrije makers and artists popped up all over Mexico, taking inspiration from Pedro Linares' work. These figures are prized in Mexico and countries around the world. Diego Rivera stated that no one else could have fashioned the strange figures he requested.” (wikipedia info)
Pedro Linares, Alebrije, 1974
Miguel Linares, Alebrije, 1974
LACMA, “Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915–1985 (10/07/17) http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/found-in-translation
Allebrijes. Pedro Linares.