Blog 11

Ethno aesthetic is the local or indigenous categories through which the formal qualities of objects, activities and practices are engaged according to wednesday power point.
After having the discussion on wednesday and seeing some of the art and presentation of the aboriginal art in the power point, I realized that ethno-aesthetic is not just a ritualistic form of art and tradition but it is a way of keeping the culture or practice alive throughout the generations. When watching the movie Waiting for Harry, the people were doing something significant to their way of life however it was something that was created generations ago. The art holds a specific purpose but is still unique to each individual.
Ethno aesthetic analysis
One of Jose Guadalupe Posada's famous prints is El Jarabe en Ultratumba or the Folk Dance. The image is of a group of skeletons, some playing instruments, some drinking and eating and some just watching a man and a woman dancing a traditional mexican dance. The image is not something out of the ordinary in a real life mexican party. Posada's type of art is different because it is print work rather then painting or drawing which allow them to be duplicated so many times that it has evolved into different colors then what it originally had started out with. Looking at the picture I see parts of my life, I have have been the person drinking and the person watching people dancing, I can relate. Anyone who has been to a mexican or latino party knows that music and dance is always a part of the event.  The strengths of ethno-aesthetic is that something like this image is available and duplicated so people can appreciate it for years to come and understand the roots of the image and the artist who created it. The weakness would be similar to it's strengths in that something gets passed down through so many generations that it tends to change and it is not original anymore.