Mexican American Art Since 1848 (MAAS1848)

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  Piñatas Encantadas: General View

  title Piñatas Encantadas: General View 

  description Centro Cultural de la Raza (San Diego, Calif.)  For his inSITE97 Community Engagement project, San Diego artist Roberto Salas collaborated with artists in Tijuana and San Diego as well as San Diego students to create a piñata installation at the Centro Cultural de la Raza. Salas designed the piñatas in reference to his perceptions of traditional, popular, and personal iconography and allowed the artists to incorporate their own perspectives as the piñatas were fabricated. With bold colors and unusual imagery, "Piñatas encantadas" visually reinterpreted the traditional Mexican piñata while celebrating its history and mythology. As part of the installation, the piñata blueprints were displayed and students painted a mural that echoed themes from the piñatas. --inSITE97  Sculpture and Installations  Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)  This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 05, Item 329)  [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. 

  artist/creator Salas, Roberto  Crawford, Steve 

  subject Humor  Boundaries  Sculpture (Visual Work)  Skull  Guitars  Mexican-American Border Region  Piñatas  Toys (Recreational Artifacts)  Insite97  Hats  Installations (Visual Works)  Border Art  Crafts (Art Genres) 

  contributor Calisphere 
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  Piñatas Encantadas

  title Piñatas Encantadas 

  description Centro Cultural de la Raza (San Diego, Calif.)  For his inSITE97 Community Engagement project, San Diego artist Roberto Salas collaborated with artists in Tijuana and San Diego as well as San Diego students to create a piñata installation at the Centro Cultural de la Raza. Salas designed the piñatas in reference to his perceptions of traditional, popular, and personal iconography and allowed the artists to incorporate their own perspectives as the piñatas were fabricated. With bold colors and unusual imagery, "Piñatas encantadas" visually reinterpreted the traditional Mexican piñata while celebrating its history and mythology. As part of the installation, the piñata blueprints were displayed and students painted a mural that echoed themes from the piñatas. --inSITE97  Sculpture and Installations  Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)  This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 05, Item 330)  [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. 

  artist/creator Salas, Roberto  Crawford, Steve 

  subject Humor  Crosses  Boundaries  Sculpture (Visual Work)  Mexican-American Border Region  Toys (Recreational Artifacts)  Insite97  Piñatas  Hearts (Motifs)  Installations (Visual Works)  Border Art  Crafts (Art Genres) 

  contributor Calisphere 
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  Piñatas Encantadas

  title Piñatas Encantadas 

  description Centro Cultural de la Raza (San Diego, Calif.)  For his inSITE97 Community Engagement project, San Diego artist Roberto Salas collaborated with artists in Tijuana and San Diego as well as San Diego students to create a piñata installation at the Centro Cultural de la Raza. Salas designed the piñatas in reference to his perceptions of traditional, popular, and personal iconography and allowed the artists to incorporate their own perspectives as the piñatas were fabricated. With bold colors and unusual imagery, "Piñatas encantadas" visually reinterpreted the traditional Mexican piñata while celebrating its history and mythology. As part of the installation, the piñata blueprints were displayed and students painted a mural that echoed themes from the piñatas. --inSITE97  Sculpture and Installations  Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)  This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 05, Item 331)  [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. 

  artist/creator Salas, Roberto  Crawford, Steve 

  subject Humor  Crosses  Boundaries  Sculpture (Visual Work)  Half Moons (Motifs)  Skull  Mexican-American Border Region  Suns (Stars)  Insite97  Toys (Recreational Artifacts)  Piñatas  Hearts (Motifs)  Installations (Visual Works)  Border Art  Crafts (Art Genres) 

  contributor Calisphere