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Tropical Geometries Ruana Interruption (Red and Gold)

  • $40.00

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Add Custom Frame

SHIPPING FOR FRAMES ONLY AVAILABLE WITHIN U.S.

Add Custom Frame

SHIPPING FOR FRAMES ONLY AVAILABLE WITHIN U.S.

Add Custom Frame

SHIPPING FOR FRAMES ONLY AVAILABLE WITHIN U.S.

In my works, landscape and pattern are used to reimagine this tale of modernity and progress in the Americas. Mapping, topographical painting, and botanical illustration co-exist simultaneously with pattern and free-flowing geometry inspired by Pre-Columbian and traditional textiles and ceramics. These traditional textiles are often created by women, and, as "women's work" created in the post-Columbian context, they both echo and resist European modes of representation. Elements of Neo-Concrete painting and modernist design are also present, undermining the fantasy of the sublime, authentic landscape by interrupting its traditional conventions and framing. The geometry in the drawings--traditional and modernist--operates on a separate plane than the landscape, and proposes an open-ended simultaneity of cultures, and an alternate imaging of Latin American modernity and futurity.

Castaño’s second edition pulses with super saturated warm tones, gutsy stripes, and lush, tropical plant life. The masterful color clashing keeps you on the edge of your seat, as does the contrast between her curvaceous flora and semi-transparent, diluted hues, and those crisp, bold chevrons. The geometric lines call to mind nature’s symmetry, a linear representation of organic equilibrium. There’s a lot of visual pleasure at play in that balance. All the indoor plant people out there with their urban jungles will probably find another type of pleasure in identifying the subjects at center. We spy what looks like Philodendron, Croton Gold Dust, Hibiscus, Plumeria—a mini Eden of equatorial botanics ... Read more on the blog! 

+ Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper unless noted
+ Signed + numbered certificate of authenticity included
+ Handcrafted custom-framing is available

Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

Museo Portfolio Rag

Edition Structure:
10"x8" | edition of 10 
14"x11" | edition of 100
20"x16" | edition of 20
30"x24" | edition of 10
40"x30" | edition of 2