You might think you’re dreaming when you walk inside the gates of CantignyPark in Wheaton and spot giant, fantastical creatures like winged lemurs, two-headed dogs, and rabbit kangaroos frolicking among the flowers. LatinoVoicesWTTW
Today, alebrijes are a cherished Mexican folk art, and many are made from wood. But the alebrijes on display at Cantigny Park are much closer to the original artist’s fever dream of fantastical creatures that existed only in his imagination made into papercraft.
Artist Edgar Camargo Reyes’ whale-slash-anglerfish surfs above grassy waves in a hilly area of the park. “I’m inspired by nature. And to develop these alebrijes your state of mind is very influential,” Salgado said. “At the moment you’re developing the pattern, you’re actually painting what you feel at that moment on the actual figure.”“It’s really centered around yin and yang. That’s why one head is fighting the others,” Moreno Fernandez said.“Even while the wind is blowing, the piece isn’t really moving – it’s in equilibrium.
“It had to do a lot with endangered species – and the tendency of humans to appropriate animals that should in reality be free.”“Hispanics have a lot of resilience and a lot of strength, and this is reflecting some of those strengths.”
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