Jesse Amado American, b. 1951
A Holy Groast, 2023
Acrylic and mixed media on wood
11 x 12 x 2 in
27.9 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm
27.9 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm
Amado uses paint, wood, felt, and light to push beyond the dimensional limits of painting. Through form, image, materials, and media, he explores the ambiguities of modern and contemporary culture....
Amado uses paint, wood, felt, and light to push beyond the dimensional limits of painting. Through form, image, materials, and media, he explores the ambiguities of modern and contemporary culture. His work draws on his Mexican American heritage, South Texan aesthetics, and conceptual practices grounded in social realities, history, and politics. Amado is recognized as a pioneering Latino conceptual artist.
