Richard 'Ricky' Armendariz American, b. 1969
Blown Off Course, Guided by Spirits, 2020
Carved mixed media on panel
48 x 48"
121.9 x 121.9 cm
121.9 x 121.9 cm
'Blown Off Course, Guided by Spirits' depicts a pirate-worthy ship sailing under a stormy purple sky. Sailboats are a recurring theme for Armendariz. In the artist’s words, “Culturally, we associate...
"Blown Off Course, Guided by Spirits" depicts a pirate-worthy ship sailing under a stormy purple sky. Sailboats are a recurring theme for Armendariz.
In the artist’s words, “Culturally, we associate the sailboat as a symbol of breaking away, being pushed along by the elements, a kind of freedom,” he said. “But there is always another way you can read it. You can also have a lack of power or be locked
into a situation that you have no control over. I look for images and concepts that have both positive and negative meanings. I want the work to pose questions about that in-between space.”
In the artist’s words, “Culturally, we associate the sailboat as a symbol of breaking away, being pushed along by the elements, a kind of freedom,” he said. “But there is always another way you can read it. You can also have a lack of power or be locked
into a situation that you have no control over. I look for images and concepts that have both positive and negative meanings. I want the work to pose questions about that in-between space.”
