#retablos

[princesamermaid]

[stastrodome]

I used to live Saint Augustine's "lord make me good . . . just not today" dictum but somehow found a happier spirit.

¡Señor, dame castidad y continencia, pero no todavía!

[bilojejunaka]

Viljuska/виљушка , Ex voto su commissione, tecnica mista su cartone industriale, 2024

[andeanbeauties]

Renata Flores Rivera con Retablos Ayacuchano 💚☀️💚

[emperornorton47]

[russianicons]

On March 2, the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, MA, opened an exhibition titled “Icons & Retablos: Images of Devotion.” Created in collaboration with the University Art Museum at New Mexico State University (NMSU), it features an amazing selection of Orthodox and Mexican religious art. What might seem like a surprising combination is actually an incredibly thoughtful and informative project that highlights the stylistic and ideological similarities between Orthodox icons and Mexican retablos. “Icons & Retablos: Images of Devotion” is on view at the Museum of Russian Icons through August 27, 2023.

Featured image: Our Lord of Sacromonte and Our Lady of Sorrows, Señor del Sacromonte y Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, Mexico, 19th century, Oil on tin, NMSU Permanent Art Collection, Donated by Gloria Giffords and the Giffords Family.

[elmacheteillustrated]

The Harwood Museum of Art in Taos NM, needs to do some fact checking. The latest display of "Unknown" retablos erases our heritage. Thanks to artist Brandon Maldonado Vallejos for bringing this to light and creating change for the better.

[theinternetisaweboflies]

Artist Credit: Vasquez Melchor, Hdez. Lopez & Yathzi Turcot