Huichol - Eligio Carrillo Vicente - Curando Writer That's art

That's art

The binding is fragile and weathered From numerous    reworking by Purvis Young with often   newly added   papers   glued    past the edge of original ones

" The bad girls are often depicted in social situations engaging in the pleasures of drinking

Neighbors and artists would often pay him $1 or $2 per picture

Huichol - Eligio Carrillo Vicente - Curando Writer That's artCurando Yarn on Round Board. Utilizing sacred designs and patterns, the Huichol create an array of art. 24" x 24" #H10 Eligio Carrillo Vicente is one of my most important Huichol yarn painters and a pioneer of the early classic style. Large yarn paintings of his visions are mounted with beeswax on plywood. On the back of each painting are the artists words in Huichol handwritten to describe the meaning of the vision (see example in photo). Eligio is