A painting on canvas of a seated figure in glowing orange and gold, with a wind-swept blue scarf curling around the head like a bird’s wing. Two long-necked birds stand on either side, a pair of carved faces rests at lower left, and star-shaped flowers and a spiral float across a purple, speckled ground. Signed lower right.
Dimensions: 29" w x 35" h
This painting is part of a show of work by Jose Guadalupe Guadiana (1929–2012) at Contact Modern, which also includes Underwater Conversation, Bird Piñata, Sun Piñata, Organic Blue, and others. Born in Sabinas Hidalgo, Mexico, Guadiana studied at La Esmeralda in Mexico City and assisted Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros on mural commissions. After moving to San Antonio in 1966, he turned to colorful, fantastical paintings, and his work is in the collections of the McNay Art Museum and the UTSA Art Collection.
Item #: A371
A painting on canvas of a seated figure in glowing orange and gold, with a wind-swept blue scarf curling around the head like a bird’s wing. Two long-necked birds stand on either side, a pair of carved faces rests at lower left, and star-shaped flowers and a spiral float across a purple, speckled ground. Signed lower right.
Dimensions: 29" w x 35" h
This painting is part of a show of work by Jose Guadalupe Guadiana (1929–2012) at Contact Modern, which also includes Underwater Conversation, Bird Piñata, Sun Piñata, Organic Blue, and others. Born in Sabinas Hidalgo, Mexico, Guadiana studied at La Esmeralda in Mexico City and assisted Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros on mural commissions. After moving to San Antonio in 1966, he turned to colorful, fantastical paintings, and his work is in the collections of the McNay Art Museum and the UTSA Art Collection.
Item #: A371