Frank Romero USA, b. 1941
Pistola y Calavera, 2023-4
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 in
91.4 x 121.9 cm
91.4 x 121.9 cm
During the 1980s and 90s, Romero spent extensive time in Arroyo Seco in Taos, New Mexico. The region’s diverse cultural landscape inspired the artist’s affinity for collecting the Southwestern textiles...
During the 1980s and 90s, Romero spent extensive time in Arroyo Seco in Taos, New Mexico. The region’s diverse cultural landscape inspired the artist’s affinity for collecting the Southwestern textiles that would serve as the backdrop of still-life paintings such as Pistola y Calavera. Rendered in the artist’s painterly style, a patterned fabric is placed underneath a pistol, a ranch hat, and a human skull, evoking a sense of the Southwest that is influenced by American image culture and Hollywood (paraphrased from Barrientos Martínez).
Provenance
Frank Romero StudioExhibitions
De aquí y de allá: Frank Romero, A Survey, Ruiz-Healy Art, New York; curator: Rafael Barrientos Martínez, 2024Literature
Exhibition catalogue, De aquí y de allá: Frank Romero, A Survey, Ruiz-Healy Art: New York / San Antonio, 2024 (illustrated)“De aquí y de allá: Frank Romero, a survey,” Meer, 2024 (illustrated)
Romo, Ricardo. “Latino Culture, Memory, and Folk Icons on Display in New Mexico, Texas, and New York.” Substack, November 20, 2024 (Illustrated)
