Did you know that there is a Volkswagen decorated with millions of colorful Huichol art beads? Meet Vochol, a Mexican folk art show that has been all over the world.
The word Vochol was created by mixing the words Vocho and Huichol, and this colorful traveler was completed in 2010 to be exhibited in Mexico and around the world.
About its creation
The Vochol was created by the talented hands of eight indigenous Huichol artists belonging to two families: The Bautistas of Jalisco and the Ortiz of Nayarit.
The artisans worked more than 4,000 hours and used more than 2 million colored beads to decorate the Volkswagen. What did they glue them to the car? With 16 kilograms of wax from Campeche A true work of folk art!
Vochol began at the Hospicio Cabañas, continued working at the Centro Estatal para las Culturas Populares e Indígenas de Nayarit and ended at the Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico City.
This incredible piece of Huichol Art was created with the goal of being the leading piece of folk art of the 21st century. It seeks to demonstrate the ritual of nature, the skill and wonder of the Huichol culture.
In ancient times these works were decorated with seeds, but today they are decorated with colored plastic or glass beads.
what is embodied in the Vochol? Two snakes on clouds, the gods of the sun, fire, corn, deer and peyote; For the Inception of Huichol Art lies in the ancestral tradition of capturing the images visualized by Huichol shamans induced under the effects of peyote.
Where is the Vochol located?
Vochol was exhibited for the first time in 2010 in Maco Zone the exhibition will later be visited at the Museo de Arte Popular de la CDMX. Soon after, he began touring different parts of Mexico, the United States, Europe, Asia and South America.
the most outstanding spaces you have visited? The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, the Musée de Quad Branly in Paris, and Potters Fields Park in London.
and where is the Vochol now? Nothing more and nothing less than in the Museo de Arte Popular de la CDMX! The colorful traveler returned to be exhibited in the country where it was created.
📍Calle Revillagigedo 11, 06050 Mexico City, Mexico City
You can visit it from Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00 hours. General admission to the museum costs $60 pesos per person. Children under 18 years old, people with disabilities, senior citizens, students and teachers with valid ID, and artisans are admitted free of charge.