Dancing with Devils: Latin American Mask Tradition
Ritter Art Gallery
On View: January 23 February 22, 2025
Celebration Reception: January 23, 4:30 - 8:30泭
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Featuring: Leonardo Carrizo, Do簽a Iselsa, Su獺rez-Ram穩rez Manuel, El Mocho Sanoja, Italo Esp穩n, Felix El Pescador V獺squez, Victor Justo, Jos矇 Betancourt, Felipe Abreu, Manuel Jes繳s Jim矇nez, Miguel El Chino Caraballo
Diablada festivals are among the most widely recognized celebrations in Latin America, with transatlantic roots tracing back to 15th century dances of the Moors and the Christians in the Iberian Peninsula. In this celebration, festive devils dance, play, laugh at authority, provoke, and taunt spectators dressed as multifaceted masked figures of Latin Americas past and present. This traveling exhibition come to us from the Ohio States Center for Latin American Studies along with documentary photographs of the Diablada de P穩llaro (Devils Dance of P穩llaro, Ecuador) by photojournalist Leonardo Carrizo (OSU School of Communications). Also in exhibit are holdings from FAUs anthropology department and University Art Collection highlighting the Universitys research.
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Images: Picture 1: (left to right) Los Diablos, Leonardo Carrizo, 2017, digital photography. 泭El Vejigante, Miguel "El Chino" Caraballo, mask; Cach繳a Mask, La Vega, Dominican Republic, 1989, mask; Unfinished, unpainted lech籀n mask, Victor Justo, Santo de los Caballeros, Domnican Republic, 1987, unpainted mask; Griffin Head Mask with Cow's Teeth, Felix "El Pescador" V獺squez, mask, cow's teeth. Portrait, Leonardo Carrizo, 2022, digital photograph. "Lechoncito", Victor Justo, 1987, mask. Picture 2: Mask Creation Materials, Leonardo Carrizo, 2017, digital photography; Unfinished, Unpainted Newspaper 3-Horned Mask, Do簽a Iselsa Su獺rez Ramirez, 1987,泭 mask; Bailar穩n de l穩nea, Leonardo Carrizo, 2017, digital photography. Picture 3: Devil Masks from Latin America, Leonardo Carrizo, digital photography.泭
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