Antonio Alonso: Flowers Seller Mexican Folk Art Home DŽcor and monumental clay sculptures earned

and monumental clay sculptures earned him the Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes and exhibitions across Mexico

Four geometric panels in terra cotta red and graphite black radiate from a square mouth

Unlike the highly detailed styles of Arrazola or Tilcajete

compact and warm

a powerful symbol of good luck

Antonio Alonso: Flowers Seller Mexican Folk Art Home DŽcor and monumental clay sculptures earnedThe next figure in Antonio Alonso's street vendor series brings us the florista, the flower seller whose wooden crate of fresh blooms is one of the most enduring sights in any Mexican market. Here she is rendered as a female tlacuache, dignified and absorbed in her work, cradling a generous bouquet against her chest while a wooden crate of roses waits at her feet. She wears a long red dress patterned with a fine white grid, finished at the hem with an