Alejandro Diaz American, b. 1963
80's Masterpiece, 2021
Acrylic paint on canvas
40 x 40 in
101.6 x 101.6 cm
101.6 x 101.6 cm
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...
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
"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
