By Juan Fuentes

Medium: linocut
Year: 2023
Image Size: 24 x 24 inches
Edition Size: 10

Juan Fuentes’ Danzante is a powerful linocut honoring Indigenous dance traditions and ceremonial identity. The composition features a dancer in profile, head bowed in concentration, wearing an elaborate feathered headdress that radiates outward in rhythmic arcs. Fuentes’ intricate carving captures the texture of each feather and the floral patterns of the dancer’s garment, emphasizing both cultural significance and handmade craft. Holding a decorated rattle, the figure embodies movement, ceremony, and ancestral continuity—an image of strength rooted in tradition.