CALAVERA MEXICANA SYMBOL FO LIFE IS AN EXCLUSIVE SCULPTURAL SERIES OF CONTEMPORARY ART THAT PAYS TRIBUTE TO DIFFERENT CHARACTERS IN THE HISTORY OF MEXICAN ART.

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EACH SCULPTURE IS A UNIQUE PIECE THAT HAS BEEN CAREFULLY CREATED UNDER ANCESTRAL ARTISANAL TECHNIQUES THAT COMBINED WITH NEW APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES, ARE WORKED TO LOST WAX IN NOBLE MATERIALS SUCH AS BRONZE, GOLD, SILVER OR ALUMINUM. THEY CAN BE ORNAMENTED WITH PRECIOUS STONES, TEXTILES, SHELLS AND ENAMELS.

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ARROYO IS AN ARTIST AND CREATOR OF THE CALAVERA MEXICANA PROJECT. DAUGHTER OF ARCHITECT AND DESCENDANT OF A FAMILY OF CABINETMAKERS, HER CHILDHOOD WAS SURROUNDED BY ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PROJECTS. STRUCTURES, ENGINEERING AND ART, WHICH LED HER TO DEVELOP TECHNICAL SKILLS THAT COMPLEMENTED WITH HER SENSITIVITY AND PASSION FOR AESTHETICS, CULTURE AND ART.

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"...IN MY WORK LIVES THE TRADITION OF THE BAROQUE VANITAS, THAT OF THE ANCESTRAL ART OF THE GREAT CULTURES, BUT ABOVE ALL, THE IMMANENT BEAUTY AND GRANDEUR OF THE MESOAMERICAN CULTURES. FOR ME, CALAVERA MEXICANA IS A SYMBOL OF LIFE AND AT THE SAME TIME A CULTURAL FORCE WHERE LIVES, SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, OUR UNIQUE IDENTITY AND BEAUTY".

PERLA ARROYO