DAY OF THE DEAD ALTAR
DAY OF THE DEAD ALTAR
Cantinflas
Oct 27, 2011 - Nov 30, 2011
Collection Source: Mingei International Museum
For the fourth year in a row Mingei International Museum is collaborating with University of Tijuana CUT to install a Day of the Dead Altar in the Museum, this year honoring Mexico’s great actor and comedian CANTINFLAS on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Cantinflas was described as Mexico’s Charlie Chaplin, while Charlie Chaplin, himself, called Cantinflas the world’s best comedian. He appeared in more than 50 films in Mexico and the U.S., earning the Golden Globe for his Passepartout to David Niven’s Phileas Fogg in the 1956 movie version of Around the World in 80 Days. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, handprints in Mexico’s Paseo de Luminarias and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Mexican Academy of Film to name a few of his honors.
from Martha E's blog post, Cantinflas – An Homage, read the rest here.
from Martha E's blog post, Cantinflas – An Homage
Oct 28, 11
As Halloween approaches, so does the Day of the Dead. At the Museum, for the fourth year, is a Day of the Dead altar designed and built by artists from the University of Tijuana, this year honoring the inimitable comedian Cantinflas.
It was fascinating to watch the altar’s construction as it was shaped from cardboard boxes and assorted pieces of cardboard and covered in brown...
