Tradition as Innovation
Works of art can be powerful vehicles for facilitating and celebrating change. Just as funerary arts are often associated with rebirth and renewal, most artistic genres are in a state of constant reformulation, reflecting ever-changing social circumstances and the dynamic nature of “tradition.”
The objects in this last section exemplify the vitality of changing visual traditions. These arenas of contemporary artistic expression and practice are continuations of and departures from the past while making critical and often poignant commentaries on the present.
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X2005.29.1 Untitled
X2005.29.1 Untitled
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Object Name: Untitled
Artist: Magdalene Odundo (b. 1950, lives and works in England)
Place of Origin: Nairobi, Kenya
Date/Era: 2004
Medium/Materials: Ceramic
Dimensions: H: 48.0 cm, Diam: 30.0 cm (H: 18.8 in, Diam: 11.8 in)
Credit Line: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Museum purchase.
Accession Number: X2005.29.1
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X2007.7.1 Versatility
X2007.7.1 Versatility
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Artist: El Anatsui (b. 1944, Anyako, Ghana, lives and works in Nigeria, 1975 – present)
Date/Era: 2006
Dimensions: 497 x 375 cm
Medium/Materials: Metal
Credit Line: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Museum purchase with Funds Provided by the Jerome L. Joss Endowment Fund, Jay and Deborah Last, Barbara and Joseph Goldenberg, Dena and Louis Marienthal, and an Anonymous Donor.
Accession Number: X2007.7.1
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X2009.2.1 Frog
X2009.2.1 Frog
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Object Name: Frog
Artist: Jorge Wilmot (b. Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, 1928/1929; active Los Naguales workshop, Tonalá, Jalisco, 1950s-1980s)
Place of Origin: Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico
Date: 1982
Dimensions: H: 35.50 cm, W: 36.80 cm, D: 39.70 cm
Materials Used: Terracotta, glaze, gold leaf
Credit Line and Accession Number: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Gift of Lenore Hoag Mulryan. X2009.2.1
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X2009.2.2 Ibis
X2009.2.2 Ibis
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Object Name: Ibis
Artist: Jorge Wilmot (b. Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, 1928/1929; active Los Naguales workshop, Tonalá, Jalisco, 1950s-1980s)
Place of Origin: Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico
Date: 1976
Dimensions: H: 31.00 cm, W: 26.50 cm, D: 53.00 cm
Materials Used: Terracotta, slip, gold leaf
Credit Line and Accession Number: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Gift of Lenore Hoag Mulryan. X2009.2.2
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X91.2312 Plate
X91.2312 Plate
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Object Name: Plate
Artist: Jorge Wilmot (b. Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, 1928/1929; active Los Naguales workshop, Tonalá, Jalisco, 1950s-1980s)
Place of Origin: Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico
Date: 1957
Dimensions: H: 3.00 cm, DIAM: 23.60 cm
Materials Used: Polychrome, burnished earthenware
Credit Line and Accession Number: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Gift of Lenore Hoag Mulryan. X91.2312
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X91.4204 Cantara pot
X91.4204 Cantara pot
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Object Name: Nagual owl pot
Artist: Jorge Wilmot (b. Monterrey, Nuevo León, 1928/1929; active Los Naguales workshop, Tonalá, Jalisco, 1950s-1980s)
Place of Origin: Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico
Dimensions: H: 37.00 cm, D: 37.00 cm, W: 34.00 cm
Materials Used: Polychrome, painted, burnished earthenware
Credit Line and Accession Number: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Gift of Lenore Hoag Mulryan. X91.4204
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X94.12.1.1-28 “Panteón” de Diablito Rojo (Cemetery of the Little Red Devil)
X94.12.1.1-28 “Panteón” de Diablito Rojo (Cemetery of the Little Red Devil)
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Artist: Felipe Linares (b. 1936, Mexico City, Mexico)
Date/Era: 1982
Dimensions: H: 198.1 cm
Medium/Materials: Papier-mâché
Credit Line: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Gift of Margery Nathanson.
Accession Number: X94.12.1.1-28
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X94.12.2.1-16 Figure La Calavera Don Quijote
X94.12.2.1-16 Figure La Calavera Don Quijote
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Figure, La Calavera Don Quijote
Artist: Felipe Linares (Mexico, b. 1936)
Mexico
1980
Papier-m-ch-
H: 99.1 cm, W: 48.3 cm, D: 55.9 cm (H: 39.0 in, W: 19.0 in, D: 22.0 in)
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X94.31.1-27 Apartheid’s Funeral
X94.31.1-27 Apartheid’s Funeral
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Artist: Johannes Segogela (b. 1936)
Place of Origin: South Africa
Date/Era: 1994
Dimensions: H (of tallest): 53 cm
Medium/Materials: Wood and paint
Credit Line: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Gift of Patricia B. Altman in Memory of Dr. Franklin D. Murphy.
Accession Number: X94.31.1-27
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X96.42.6 Platter
X96.42.6 Platter
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Object Name: Platter with a depiction of peacocks in a stylized garden
Artist: Lucano family
Place of Origin: Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico
Date: 1921
Dimensions: H: 4.00 cm, DIAM: 37.00 cm
Materials Used: Glazed earthenware
Credit Line and Accession Number: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Gift of Lenore Hoag Mulryan. X96.42.6
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X97.44.206, X97.44.209, X97.44.205 Three Figures
X97.44.206, X97.44.209, X97.44.205 Three Figures
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Artist: Teodora Blanco (b. 1928)
Place of Origin: Santa María Atzompa, Oaxaca, Mexico
Dimensions: H (of tallest): 42 cm
Medium/Materials: Ceramic
Credit Line: The Fowler Museum at UCLA. The Gerald Daniel Collection of Mexican Folk Art, Donated by the Daniel Family.
Accession Numbers: X97.44.206, X97.44.209, X97.44.205
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