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Mexico
Painting, Acrylic on Wood
Size: 13.3 W x 20.8 H x 1.8 D in
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The painting is 19 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. (50.2 x 31 cm), but with frame measures 20 3/4 x 13 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. It is floated within the honey-colored wood frame, without glass. This work pokes a bit of fun at the pompous and pretentious nature of official cultural ceremony as it is practiced in Mexico. It is part of a series of works that grew out of first-person observation and media presentations of the promotion of a young painter who was being groomed by art promoters and businessmen to be the "new" wunderkind of Guadalajara's art scene in the late 1990s. The relationship of such marketing tactics with the thinly veiled interests of those involved with money and power prompted me to speculate about the possibility of some sense of shame (by those involved) based on a humane recognition of bad faith, or at least the consciousness of their disingenuousness. As might be expected, such notions were completely alien to those involved...much more of a projection on my part than anything emanating from them. Still, I conceived the Young Turk, in this painting, as at least slightly bowed by the weight of having to endure the undeserved praise bestowed on him by the master of ceremonies at his opening.
Painting:Acrylic on Wood
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:13.3 W x 20.8 H x 1.8 D in
Frame:Brown
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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Mexico
Dale Kaplan (b. 1956) grew up in a rural town near Boston MA, attending public schools, and later studied at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn NY and Cornell University in Ithaca NY (BFA ‘81). He was awarded the MCC (Massachusetts Cultural Council) Artist’s Grant in 2000, in recognition of artistic excellence in Painting. In the late 1980s he established a studio in Guadalajara and has divided his life and work between Mexico and the U.S. ever since. Exhibiting professionally in both countries, as well as in Canada, his works are in numerous private collections. Also active as an art critic, essayist and translator, since 1999 Kaplan has published original writing in several Spanish-language newspapers, magazines and online sites, and has various book credits as a translator. His texts, photographic essays, and reproductions of his paintings and graphic works, have appeared in numerous publications, as well as on book and CD covers, and his work has been included in historical exhibitions and published anthologies focused on the art produced in the Mexican state of Jalisco. In both imagery and texts, Kaplan’s work takes to heart Noam Chomsky’s definition of the responsibility of the intellectual: “to tell the truth and expose lies.” ______________________________________ARTIST'S STATEMENT_________________________ The driving force behind my artmaking is the conviction that painting has as much or more potential for intellectual expression as that which is generally attributed only to verbal language. My interest in critical thought about sociocultural, political, and power relationships, as well as in occasionally using satire and art-historical references to take some air out of the overblown types who rule with a "whim of iron"—are essentially the same as they were before coming to Mexico, and my frequent forays into language play and playing with imagery are the kinds of play I take seriously. In Mexico, though, like on the African plains, one plays, like small game, with one eye out for large predators who are always lurking just off to the side. Journalism can be a most dangerous game in this country, as can be practicing social critique or just openly expressing one's honest opinion. In life, risks must be taken, though, despite dubious "risk-reward" ratios. Many of my works have a backstory related to in-depth research on topics of concern to me, sometimes utilizing investigative techniques such as Freedom of Information requests.
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