Luchadores, 2020
$13,000.00
22” x 28”
Oil on Canvas
22” x 28”
Oil on Canvas
22” x 28”
Oil on Canvas
Lucha Libre has played an important role in Mexican culture since the late 1950s. The sport became famous mainly due to its masked wrestlers, who incorporated their own family traditions, beliefs and fears into the design of their masks, transforming an ordinary person into a fearless character.
In modern lucha libre, masks are colorfully designed to evoke the images of animals, gods, ancient heroes, and other archetypes, whose identity the luchador takes on during a performance.