Jose Luis Rivera-Barrera
Pata de Caballo, 2018
Mesquite wood
11 x 11 x 7 in
27.9 x 27.9 x 17.8 cm
27.9 x 27.9 x 17.8 cm
Jose Luis Rivera-Barrera has been sculpting for the last sixty years. Using the mystical power of mesquite wood as his primary medium, the artist reveals personal impressions of the social...
Jose Luis Rivera-Barrera has been sculpting for the last sixty years. Using the mystical power of mesquite wood as his primary medium, the artist reveals personal impressions of the social and political issues concerning the Chicano community and of the spiritual forces found in nature. Pata de Caballo is a sculpture of a horse's leg. Isolated and extremely detailed, Rivera-Barrera studies the iconographic qualities associated with horses such as luck, labor, and beauty.
