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'Alebrije! Alebrije!' shouted Pedro Linares after a feverish dream he had in 1930. From that day, Mexico City experienced an artistic phenomenon full of fantastic and colorful creatures. Named after Pedro's words, this art style is present in many works, like this steel wall art design crafted by Alejandro de Esesarte.
'I was drawing an alebrije-like figure, when a little girl came to see what I was doing and joyfully shouted, 'alegrijes!' She misspelled 'alebrijes,' and we all laughed,' he recalls.
'Later in the day, it hit me — the little girl didn't make a mistake. Because by changing a single letter, she gave me the new name for my line of alebrijes. They will be called alegrijes.
'Alegre' means means 'joy.' Alegrijes — the ones who bring joy.' The artisan uses a colorful palette to bring an impossible creature to life — a bunny with crab limbs and fish features.
- Steel
- 0.16 lbs
- 12.3 inches H x 7.5 inches W x 1 inches D