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Eternidad- Sombra de Arreguin Poster
by Doug Johnson
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Eternidad- Sombra de Arreguin poster by Doug Johnson. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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This piece is the first of my Sombra de Arreguin series was my initial attempt to use Arreguin's visual language to express my own personal reckoning... more
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Artist's Description
This piece is the first of my Sombra de Arreguin series was my initial attempt to use Arreguin's visual language to express my own personal reckoning of cultural, philosophical, and mathematical truths and relationships.
One inspiration for this work was the book, The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver. In this historical fiction, Kingsolver explores Mexican aesthetics, politics, and culture, as revealed in odd relationships and events surrounding the artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera and their friend and house guest Leon Trotsky, the Marxist revolutionary and theorist. The story gave me an entirely new perspective on the work of Kahlo and Rivera.
Another influence on my artwork was a project I was working on at the same time. I was writing a modern version of Gabriel Garcia-Marquez "100 Years of Solitude"a similar narrative and writing style, but with an American story. Marquez' novel, a commentary on Latin American politics and colonialism, is infused with magic realism...
About Doug Johnson
Doug Johnson as the founding editor of Cave Moon Press, started helping poets with book design, illustration and artwork ten years ago. He has been drawing since he was a teenager and was fortunate enough to encounter Alfredo Arreguin an internationally renowned painter who encouraged him to keep drawing. He has two series you have here on Fine Art of America. His more developed pieces are part of the Sombra de Arreguin series (Shadow of Arreguin) as he continues to study the style of his master, like artisans did in generations past. His other series is called "Cracked Pots" in which a single line drawing comes from a terracotta pot to combine human and organic forms. Originally started as a gift to his younger sister as a...
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