Untitled (Group of Four Figures)

Maria de los Angeles

In this painterly monotype Maria de los Angeles creates a visual montage of five distinctive figures, each drawn in the style of a different genre, that pull together as a complete image as if on a stage. Elements of Fauvism, Cubism, Mexican Modernism, and Abstract Expressionism can be found in her linework and color palette.

New York-based, Mexican-born de los Angeles often addresses her immigrant journey from Mexico to the U.S. as a young girl and the issues of identity and belonging in the United States in her artwork, both directly and indirectly. Here, she pays a passing tribute artists who have contributed to her journey, most notably Picasso and the Mexican modernist painters of the early 20th century: Kahlo, Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros.