Punk Baroque *PBLTG0721 (The Three Graces) 250X150cms mix/canvas. 2021
Punk Baroque *PBLTG0721 (The Three Graces) 250X150cms mix/canvas. 2021 SOLD I was raised in a religious tradition, then a fascination for the ancient religious iconography was so obvious. Since young, far from being interested in the Sunday liturgy mass, my gaze was focused on those painful madonnas of European origins, the Mexican baroque, its exaggeration in the images, the omnipresent figure of the Virgin of Guadalupe but also the rituals from the indigenous traditions. Later I lived and studied in central Europe for 5 years. I was so obsessed with the Medieval cathedrals, the art of “Fin de siècle,“ the icons and the ancient jewelry but also the popular culture, the mix from the different cultures, races and different music styles in those cosmopolitan cities. At first glance it may seem opposite but if we see this mix of processes with the eyes of dialectic maybe we can find a kind of a synthesis, maybe a mix between Pink Floyd, J. S. Bach with Cumbias. In this research I s