The Popular Art Museum of Cuenca houses an odd, interesting collection of works done by contemporary artists, winners of an anual competition of folk art held around Christmas each year. Hence, much of the art involves nativity scenes and other religious themes -- but so much art here does anyway. A random selection of things follows. Forgive the shadows, lighting was an issue.
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| A nun wrestling -- or dancing, perhaps -- with the devil. |
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| A demonic birthing event. ?? Red cross? |
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| A rather macabre nativity, with a condor eyeing a frightened baby Jesus. |
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| Fighting cocks, carved out of tiny sticks -- each about 2 inches tall. Sorry the perspective was lost here. |
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| A cock pulling the intestines from a bull. Don't get the meaning of this one. |
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| Nativity scene (3 feet tall), with baby Jesus near the bottom; lots of indigenous birds, with eggs in a nest in the tree. Again, lost in the photo. Sorry, but a really sweet idea. |
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| The musicians were intriguing. |
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| Coins sewn on his skirt, with a very tangled,contorted cross and inhabitant, interesting toes. |
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| Sweet baby Jesu with a fig in his hand. |
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| Another. |
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| Mary, baby Jesus, and Joseph of spoons, knives, forks. |
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| Interesting last supper, with long-necked, animated figures. |
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| Jesus has the especially long neck. |
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| Each of the plates for Jesus and the disciples had a variety of foods, including a whole cuy (guinea pig) second item from the right on the plate, the finger showing just nudging the cuy. |
I'm guessing that none of the really interesting parts of this are very visible -- sorry if that's so. Wish you were here to see it. : )
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