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Yaqui Mask; 1973, Motorized ritual maks rotating at 15rpm. 18" x 20" x 15"

"At the musuem, the earliest work is a reconstruction of a Yacqui devil mask, attached to a motor. Put your foot on the pedal and the mask rotates in circular fashion.

The argument of Guerrero's "Rotating Yaqui Mask" (1973) is elegant. The object isn't meant to be contemplated as a precious artifact, even if it is persuasively demonic; it was intended for use in ritual dances. Thus, the viewer can make it twirl and perform a kind of surrogate ritual. Guerrero's use of the mask is a fresh, wry slant on a conventional symbol — an it's an inspired trick he manages repeatedly in the retrospective. " Robert Pincus