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  • Alejandro Diaz, 80's Masterpiece, 2021

    Alejandro Diaz American, b. 1963

    80's Masterpiece, 2021
    Acrylic paint on canvas
    40 x 40 in
    101.6 x 101.6 cm
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    Since returning to painting in 2014, the artist’s recent body of paintings and prints rely on the ability of text to conjure mental images. “X-Rays of 80’s Masterpiece Reveal Seven...
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    Since returning to painting in 2014, the artist’s recent body of paintings and prints rely on the ability of text to conjure mental images. “X-Rays of 80’s Masterpiece Reveal Seven Layer Dip Recipe” offers a humorous social critique on the sometimes silent, subtle integration of Mexican and American culture.

    "You’ve often heard that sometimes they’ll X-ray works, like a Leonardo DaVinci, and they’ll find that underneath, there was a drawing of a nude woman, or a pagan god… something that makes them think ‘this changes everything about how we have been thinking about this work’. So this work, 80’s Masterpiece, references the 1980’s, when there was a big resurgence of painting. It’s a bit more comical, instead of something that’s more profound."
    -Alejandro Diaz
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