Greetings again to the class! I have sampled the work of Juan Carlos Delgado and I must say I'm impressed. Most of his works are untitled so the viewer is left to guess what the title could be. There is a photograph on his website of what seems to be a child's funeral. This reminds me a lot of the (probably unrelated) material from our World Music class. One chapter in the World Music book featured South American music. This chapter mentioned the extremely high infant mortality rates in some South American tribal communities. It also mentioned that there were special funerals just for small children. The entire community would hold an all-night vigil for the child and they would lay the body out in full view. Throughout the night the mother would sing a lullaby to her child. I connected this absolutely heartbreaking lullaby to the photograph Delgado took. (I think it is a child's funeral, though I can't see the image too well.)
But my favorite of his works were the Ojos de buey. These are interesting as individual pieces but also just the mounting of the pieces on the wall is visually stunning. I think all his works of resin are gorgeous. He uses the medium in interesting ways.
Check this out. Or, not. You'll be missing a wonderful song.
El Aparecido
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