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Luis González Palma

Untitled, 1998

Description

Maker

Title

Untitled

Year

1998

Medium

Platinum print

Dimensions

Image: 25.5 x 25.2 cm (10 1/16 x 9 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

inscribed recto in graphite, l.c. with signature

Type

Credit

Gift of Paula and Leonard Granoff

Object Number

2014.104.5

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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July 31, 2015 - January 10, 2016

By dressing and posing his friends and family members in vintage circus costumes, González Palma signals that he is creating characters, not portraying likenesses. The woman in profile in the crown of flowers and harlequin outfit seems to vacillate between saintliness and ecstasy. The figure in the tutu exudes detachment, despite standing in the spotlight. The soft, moody quality of the platinum printing process aptly communicates the interior states the artist aims to portray.

González Palma follows in the footsteps of many artists who have used the circus as subject matter and a metaphor for life, as seen in the works in the exhibition Circus, shown in this gallery last year.

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