Title:
The Travel Back
Creator/Contributor:
Urista, Arturo, Artist
Date:
1989
Subject:
Crosses in art
Mayans
Women
Mexican American art
Chicano art
Chicanos
Mexican Americans
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Note:
Colors used: 1. Pastel Green/ Yellow (split fountain), 2. Red, 3. Gold, 4. Golden Yellow- Orange, 5. Pink, 6. Blue. "A background
of crosses (gold) and figures transforming from the cross[es]. Five gold goddess[es] pass through the scale of lady justice
and proceed towards a "Mayan Residential" pyramid." Gold abstracted heads wearing bandanas facing a gold, yellow and orange
temple. Gradation of gold/red crosses and abstracted torsos arranged in rows facing upward. Black fine print border 3" around
the image. "The migration of the cultural from the logic of Blind Justice back to the spirituality of the Mayans. The imagery
depicts women as the sole identity of the movement towards the roots of cultural awareness; from Mexico to the U.S. and back."
A. Urista.
Atelier 14; Westwinds (heavyweight); I-size: 20 1/2" x 30"; P-size: 26" x 35 3/4"; Ed#: 4/65, 42/65, 47/65; Signed;, Inscription
in pencil below the image reads: "The Travel Back, 42/65, Arturo Urista, 89" Signed;, Inscription in pencil below image
area reads: "4/65, title, signature and 89" print: Oscar Duardo; chopmark: embossed "SHG" on the lower right hand corner.
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Type:
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Language:
English
Identifier:
CEMA 3
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