Brief History of Alebrijes in Mexico The first alebrijes were made by artist Pedro Linares in Mexico City in the 1940s. He was primarily a cartonería artist (a type of traditional papier-mâché art ...
While some see alebrijes as Mexican spirit animals, similar to a Native American totem, others say these famous Oaxacan wood carvings are little more than decorative Mexican folk art. This article ...
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — They are creatures that take elements of various animals and imaginative ideas. Alebrijes (pronounced: ah-leh-bree-hez), are brightly colored Mexican folk-art sculptures of ...