Blog 18: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #3

1. How can an art best use Mexican Folk art as an inspiration for their piece?
2. Influence/ Icon, In Mexican folk art there has been many artist who have influenced each other to create the works that are done now.
Tradition, Mexican folk art has been passed down by each generation. After several years of tradition the new master of the art or technique will start developing their own skill or style to improve on or making it their own.
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• "WELCOME TO FRIDA KAHLO WEBSITE »." WELCOME TO FRIDA KAHLO WEBSITE ». Frida Kahlo Website, n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2012.

- Folk artist now use Frida's style which is self portraits to represent they're feelings. They use her art in mexican folk art like the ceramic doll, or necklaces.

• Agur, Dyana. "Day of the Dead Art." Day of the Dead Art. Copal, n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2013.

-Jose Guadalupe Posada was the developer of the day of he dead. His skeletons are displayed and are being re-made in their own styles. Like Nahualt painters, papier mache, wood carvings, retablos and clay. Mexican folk artist are influenced by his art that they are made every single year for day of the dead and always protrayed in mexican folk art.

• Bercovitch, Helen. "In Memory of Don Pedro- Alebrije Art from a Master Artist." : Mexico Living. N.p., 7 Sept. 2001. Web. 21 Sept. 2012

- Ever since the Alebrijes were made they have influenced other artist the create their own way of making Alebrijes. Whether its made out of ceramic or wood. They influenced and showed artist that you able to create what ever is going on it your mind, and create it into something beautiful and interesting.

Jose Guadalupe Posada and Frida Khalo are the two artist that influenced folk art. Some of Posada's basic drawing are now classics to the folk art world.

4. Mexican folk art all started based upon influence. They use the pieces of famous artist and make it into folk art like papier mache, ceramic, papel picado, or wood carvings,

5. I plan on studying how to make all the different types of folk art. I will be getting inspiration from all the different artist and possibly making my own way or technique of making it.