{"title":"CABINET \/ Latin America: Ritual and the art of daily life","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"304\" data-end=\"1024\"\u003eThis vibrant collection brings together the visual soul of Latin America, with a focus on Mexico, Brazil, and the tribal cultures of Central and South America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"304\" data-end=\"1024\"\u003eIt includes ceremonial masks, traditional costumes, handmade objects of daily life, and a bold spectrum of photobooks—ranging from iconic masters to emerging voices capturing the region’s complex realities. The works resonate with color, myth, rhythm, and resistance—where art is often inseparable from life, politics, and celebration.\u003cbr data-start=\"803\" data-end=\"806\"\u003eHere, folk traditions meet contemporary vision, and sacred craft becomes a living archive of identity and transformation.\u003cbr data-start=\"927\" data-end=\"930\"\u003eAn open window into a world both ancient and urgent—available for exploration and acquisition.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"raven-mask","title":"Ritual Costume of the \"Cuervo de la Milpa\"","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"141\" data-end=\"1330\"\u003eThis ritual costume from Guerrero, Mexico—standing 170cm tall and bearing the many-headed visage of the Cuervo de la Milpa (Cornfield Crow)—is part of the Darwin archive for its rare embodiment of Indigenous cosmovision rendered through vernacular performance design. The suit, likely used in masked dances or agricultural rites, depicts a highly stylised crow with multiple beaked heads and lacquered feathers, painted in rhythmic repetition across a crimson-orange field. The headpiece fuses bird and human traits with hypnotic red eyes, geometric teeth, and textured plumage. The overall effect is at once theatrical and animistic: a visual language of doubling, disguise, and possession. Rooted in Mesoamerican traditions of animal-human transformation, this costume speaks to a living relationship between land, spirit, and masquerade—where costume is not simply ornament but a vessel for becoming. Worn during seasonal festivities or communal rituals, it likely played a role in invoking protection over crops, fertility, and the cyclical return of rain. 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Published without a clear imprint or date, \u003cem data-start=\"409\" data-end=\"422\"\u003eLucha Libre\u003c\/em\u003e assembles a surreal and satirical tournament where Immanuel Kant, Arthur Schopenhauer, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon are recast as luchadores in a delirious speculative theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"622\" data-end=\"1136\"\u003ePrinted in high-contrast halftone with deliberate graphic crudeness, the book adopts the visual codes of vintage lucha libre flyers and bootleg cinema ephemera. Photomontages of real masked wrestlers are intercut with fragments of philosophical texts, inviting a kind of metaphysical smackdown between order, chaos, freedom, and fatalism. The inclusion of full credit lines (\"Dirección: Frédérique Bangerter. Producción: Elvis Miranda\") heightens the parodic tone, proposing the book itself as both film and fight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1138\" data-end=\"1359\"\u003eLucha Libre belongs in Darwin as a rare object that inhabits the unstable terrain between artist’s book, satire, political détournement and vernacular print culture. It’s not a pastiche—it’s a headlock on Western thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1361\" data-end=\"1380\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1361\" data-end=\"1380\"\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1382\" data-end=\"1650\"\u003eTitle: Lucha Libre\u003cbr data-start=\"1400\" data-end=\"1403\"\u003eArtist \/ Author: Frédérique Bangerter\u003cbr data-start=\"1440\" data-end=\"1443\"\u003eDate: Unknown (c. 2010s)\u003cbr data-start=\"1467\" data-end=\"1470\"\u003eTechnique \/ Printing Method: Risograph\u003cbr data-start=\"1508\" data-end=\"1511\"\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Softcover zine\u003cbr data-start=\"1545\" data-end=\"1548\"\u003eDimensions: approx. 21 × 15 cm\u003cbr data-start=\"1578\" data-end=\"1581\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eLanguage: Spanish, French\u003cbr data-start=\"1606\" data-end=\"1609\"\u003ePages: Unpaginated\u003cbr data-start=\"1627\" data-end=\"1630\"\u003eCondition: Near fine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51787288543570,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/MAISONSCLOSES_3_adefb495-09e5-458a-b8f3-208b7cd6874d.jpg?v=1768035572"},{"product_id":"atalante-quiero-ser-como-tu-woodcut-irving-herrera-2009","title":"ATALANTE \/ QUIERO SER COMO TÚ , woodcut, Irving Herrera 2009","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rare alternate state of Herrera’s iconic masked figure, rendered here with celestial cool and floral opacity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn QUIERO SER COMO TÚ, Irving Herrera revisits his now-iconic luchadora motif with subtle but powerful changes. The background shifts to a soft turquoise, the floral pattern becomes quieter, and the overall palette leans toward the lunar rather than the solar. What remains constant is the fierce presence of the central figure — nude, masked, and self-possessed — flanked by the inscribed phrase that gives the work its name.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach gesture feels ritualistic: the way the hands frame the breasts, the mask with its starburst ornamentation, the way the lines of the carving follow muscle and bone like scars and topographies. Printed in Oaxaca, this alternate version expands the emotional and symbolic range of Herrera’s most personal and politically charged body of work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrinted on thick cotton paper and signed\/embossed by the artist, this version likely exists in the same extremely limited edition of 10.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObject: Woodcut print (framed)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle: QUIERO SER COMO TÚ (blue variant)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist: Irving Herrera\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate: 2009\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTechnique \/ Printing Method: Woodcut with screen-printed background\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Black and turquoise ink on cotton paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: 5\/10 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned: Yes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFraming: no\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: 112 × 76 cm (sheet)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Excellent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance: Direct from artist’s studio, Oaxaca\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862393389394,"sku":null,"price":1100.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/86A62ED9-84F1-4F02-8DFA-2E954FB6319B.jpg?v=1761475070"},{"product_id":"sin-nombre-2nov_10-37","title":"Inmaculada,\nFrancisco Quintanar, 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Inmaculada, Francisco Quintanar reclaims the sacred with quiet subversion. A nude female figure — printed in a haunting, cyanotype-like blue — stands within a gold mandorla, her body upright, arms raised, eyes turned skyward. The reference is unmistakable: the Virgin of Guadalupe’s iconic silhouette, reimagined without veils, dogma or idealization.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrinted in 2019 at Gabinete Gráfico, a printmakers’ collective in Oaxaca known for its politically engaged work, this woodcut resists easy classification. Is it devotional? Is it feminist? The power of the piece lies in that ambiguity. Quintanar replaces Marian purity with bodily truth, sanctity with sovereignty. The gold leaf glows against a deep violet-black background, elevating the central figure into something mythic — ancient and utterly contemporary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe presence of the Opus Eight embossed seal and the artist’s signature further affirm the print’s origin in the artisan scene of southern Mexico, where spiritual traditions meet radical visual language. A rare and luminous piece in a very limited edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObject: Woodprint with gold leaf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle: Inmaculada, Woodprint\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist: Francisco Quintanar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate: 2019\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTechnique \/ Printing Method: Woodblock print, hand-pulled, with applied gold leaf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Ink on cotton paper, gold leaf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: 4\/22\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned: Yes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFraming: Unframed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: 19 x 15 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Excellent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance: Gabinete Gráfico, Oaxaca\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51916720111954,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/C774EF8A-5A3C-47B2-AC11-DC29C8192A5F.png?v=1762286981"},{"product_id":"jose-guadalupe-posada-ilustrador-de-la-vida-mexicana","title":"José Guadalupe Posada, Ilustrador de la Vida Mexicana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn iconic tribute to Mexico’s great visual chronicler, wrapped in gold embossing and editorial reverence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis 1963 edition, published by Fondo Editorial de la Plástica Mexicana, stands as one of the most elegant homages to José Guadalupe Posada—engraver, satirist, and anonymous soul of the Mexican people. With its crimson textile cover adorned in golden lattice and a central photograph of Posada’s workshop, the book reads as both a visual reliquary and a national offering.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWithin its pages, Posada’s world unfolds: the everyday and the tragic, the political and the grotesque, all carved with urgency and printed for the masses. Long before the fame of his Calaveras, Posada shaped the visual language of Mexican identity with fierce simplicity and deep popular resonance. This volume, carefully printed under the auspices of major Mexican financial institutions, is not just a monograph—it is a posthumous altar to one of the country’s most influential yet historically marginalized artists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book’s editorial design reflects the aesthetic codes of mid-century institutional publishing, yet it preserves the raw power of Posada’s prints—making it a collectible object, a bibliophile’s jewel, and a visual archive of cultural resistance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObject: Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle: José Guadalupe Posada: Ilustrador de la Vida Mexicana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist \/ Author: José Guadalupe Posada\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate: 1963\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Hardcover with textile binding and gold embossing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher \/ Editor: Fondo Editorial de la Plástica Mexicana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: Spanish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Very good; minimal signs of handling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance: Private Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51955262161234,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/TODWEBB_83442087-2dd7-47d3-915e-cd8183316373.jpg?v=1767992081"}],"url":"https:\/\/thedarwin.es\/collections\/latin-america-ritual-and-the-art-of-daily-life.oembed","provider":"DaRWIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}