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MARIPOSA – Unusual Art from Distant Places, was founded by Beate Echols 1989. It specializes in the works of mostly self-taught artists, both known and anonymous, predominantly from Latin America or of Latin American/Caribbean origin, but also from North America, Europe and elsewhere. Our collection includes folk art (paintings, sculptures, textiles, masks and puppets and more), art brut, visionary art and Latin American devotional art of Christian, African, indigenous and syncretic religions, from santos and nichos to Candomblé iron sculptures and Haitian and Santería art.
Over the years we have collected a wide range of folk art forms from different parts of Latin America, notably from Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela and Brazil, but also from other parts of the Americas. We feature works by internationally famous folk artists, unique pieces by lesser known masters, and many works whose origins or makers are anonymous, which in no means diminishes their power as great, one-of-a-kind pieces of folk art. More recently we have tapped into the riches and diversity of Cuban art. We showcase a variety of Cuban artists, both trained and autodidacts, whose works frequently address themes related to the island’s African cultural heritage.
Beate Echols has written and lectured on art
from the Americas and self-taught artists since 1995, both in New
York City and elsewhere. From 1997 until 2004 she was on the teaching
faculty of the Folk Art Institute at the American Folk Art Museum
where she taught courses on Latin American and Latino art, cultures
and traditions. She has been a lender to major museums for exhibitions
of works by self-taught and visionary artists (such as the American
Visionary Art Museum, El Museo del Barrio, and the San Antonio Museum
of Art) and worked on a number of curatorial projects. She was the
sole curator of Saints, Sinners, Sacred Spaces - Devotional Art
from Latin America at the
Mandeville Gallery of Union College in
Schenectady, NY in 2000, and Miracles in the Backlands - Aspects
of Africa in Brazilian Ex-Voto Sculpture at the
Art Galleries of
Ramapo College in 2005. She has written articles for
Raw Vision
Magazine #20 and
Raw Vision #47, the Folk Art Messenger (#61), and
other publications.
We value your comments, questions and suggestions.
We will be happy to send you additional images, dimensions and
prices, and background information about a particular piece, an
art form, or an artist.
Methods of payment:
Money order, bank check or personal checks after they have cleared. Layaway plans are available.
Shipping costs are the responsibility of the purchaser. We ship via Federal Express, UPS, or U.S. Mail.
Artwork may be returned for a full refund, less a
$30 handling charge, within a seven day maximum period.
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