A painting on canvas of a large yellow, bird-headed piñata form with a long pink beak and flame-like crest, carried on a cluster of bare red legs. A dark green-sleeved arm reaches out to the right, all set against a mottled ground of orange, gold, and blue. Signed lower right.
Dimensions: 40.5" w x 50.25" 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 #: A370
A painting on canvas of a large yellow, bird-headed piñata form with a long pink beak and flame-like crest, carried on a cluster of bare red legs. A dark green-sleeved arm reaches out to the right, all set against a mottled ground of orange, gold, and blue. Signed lower right.
Dimensions: 40.5" w x 50.25" 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 #: A370