Pictures in Focus: Two Serigraphs of Artisans from Puerto Rico

August 21, 2022

Pictures in Focus: Two Serigraphs of Artisans from Puerto Rico

We look at two new artworks about artisans this week from Puerto Rico, where the Caribbean island's Economic Development Administration commissioned serigraphs from noted print-makers in the 1980s celebrating local arts and crafts. A poster from Jose Luis Gonzalez de Rosabel shows Felicita Padilla crafting rosary beads, praising her as "the woman artisan--the soul of village art." In a second serigraph from Antonio Maldonado, a hand with holy finger puppets looms large behind Luiz Gonzalez as he shapes a figurine of a saint in his workshop, where the wood carver is described as "the artisan--symbol and tradition of a people." These new art images of artisans at work can be found on the Puerto Rican Serigraphs page in the Schools of Sacred Art section. (John Kohan)