| Nicario Jiménez grew up in the
Andes Mountains — through which 16th- to 19th- century
Spanish priests carried retablos of Catholic Saints. His
great-grandfather created retablos of Saint Mark; these
two-dimensional, portable wooden boxes filled with figurines,
usually made of a mixture of boiled potato and gypsum
powder, depict religious, historical, political or everyday
events. Jiménez’ work references both his
life in Ayacucho, Peru, and in his new home in the U.S. |
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