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Richard 'Ricky' Armendariz American, b. 1969
Laught Till We (Couldn't Breathe), 2020
Carved oil on birch panel
24 x 24 in
61 x 61 cm
61 x 61 cm
Laugh till we (couldn't breathe) is part of a series of carved oil painting with animal handled vases. Growing up in a bilingual household on the border, Armendariz experienced the...
Laugh till we (couldn't breathe) is part of a series of carved oil painting with animal handled vases. Growing up in a bilingual household on the border, Armendariz experienced the bending of linguistic rules. Slang and misspellings are a nod to the organic ever-changing nature of language. Text contains both benevolent and malevolent meaning simultaneously; meaning that is more nuanced when combined. Content is referential of Indigenous ceremonial pottery elaborately adorned with philodendrons, lilies and Texas moths; all symbolic of growth, transformation and prosperity.