The Mask Maker’s Workshop (Retablo) (detail)

Drawing on the history of retablos—religious devotional works—Peruvian artist Nicario Jimenez uses a mixture of boiled potato and gypsum powder formed into a plaster, along with wood, to create sculptural compositions depicting everyday, historical, and religious events, as well as scenes of cultural struggle. In The Mask Makers, Jimenez depicts a lively mask making studio carved into a small-scale, portable retablo.