Piñatas of Earthly Delights

Roberto Benavidez’s stunning piñatas reveal the form’s hidden history of religious colonialism. Beautiful, funny, and political, they are meticulous works of art, inspired by Hieronymous Bosch. A self-described “queer, half-breed South Texan artist,” Roberto hopes his pieces will push the craft of piñatas forward in the art world canon. Roberto Benavidez’s stunning piñatas reveal the form’s hidden history of religious colonialism. Beautiful, funny, and political, they are meticulous works of art, inspired by Hieronymous Bosch. A self-described “queer, half-breed South Texan artist,” Roberto hopes his pieces will push the craft of piñatas forward in the art world canon. Roberto Benavidez’s stunning piñatas reveal the form’s hidden history of religious colonialism. Beautiful, funny, and political, they are meticulous works of art, inspired by Hieronymous Bosch. A self-described “queer, half-breed South Texan artist,” Roberto hopes his pieces will push the craft of piñatas forward in the art world canon. Roberto Benavidez’s stunning piñatas reveal the form’s hidden history of religious colonialism. Beautiful, funny, and political, they are meticulous works of art, inspired by Hieronymous Bosch. A self-described “queer, half-breed South Texan artist,” Roberto hopes his pieces will push the craft of piñatas forward in the art world canon.