Favela is by far the most well-known piñata artist. His pink 1967 Chevy Impala lowrider piñata, a built-to-scale ranfla titled "Gypsy Rose Piñata" debuted at L.A.'s Petersen Automotive Museum in 2017 for the "The High Art of Riding Low: Ranflas, Corazón e Inspiración" exhibit curated by Cal State Northridge Chicana/o Studies professor Denise Sandoval. For this exhibit, the Las Vegas artist, who is half Guatemalan, half Mexican, presents a toned-down piñata piece on board titled "Baño de los Pescaditos," a homage to 19th-century Mexican painter José Maria Velasco who made Mexican geography a symbol of national identity. Favela covered an abandoned Vegas motel in hot pink tissue paper to symbolize people of color visibility in a town that doesn't seem to care for his 2016 "Piñata Motel" installation.
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