Artist Information:
Armando Lopez
Abiquiu, NM
United States
Tel: 505-685-4585
Member Since: Feb 2002
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Artist Statement:
It is a very old tradition to
decorate the family altars
with products from the harvest
such as, corn, chilies, beans,
and also figures made out of
corn husks or clay. My
sculpture work is an updated
synthesis of the pre-Colombian
custom and the influence of
the Catholic religion.
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Artist Galleries:
Coady Contemporary
205 Canyon Road
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Tele; (505)988-1175
http://www.coadycontemporary.co
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Armando Lopez's Premiere Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Armando Lopez's Portfolio.
It is a very old tradition to decorate the family altars with products from the harvest such as, corn, chilies, beans, and also figures made out of corn husks or clay. My sculpture work is an updated synthesis of the pre-Colombian custom and the influence of the Catholic religion.
I personally create each piece using traditional Tarascan tribal techniques coupled with my own innovations. Each piece is constructed of natural materials such as corn husk, native grasses, reeds cattails, precious or semi-precious stones, freshwater pearls, and of course, the staple of ancient Meso-American spiritual art, gold in the form of 22-24 karat gold leaf. I wet the corn husks and wrap them around a copper wire armature, building up my images layer by layer.
The faces are painted using egg tempera which I make from natural mineral pigments and egg yolk. I then apply the adornments which might be freshwater pearls, gold leaf or beads, and precious or semi-precious stones.
Many of the altars, angels, figures and retablo settings are woven of Jara (River Willow) and Tules (Cattail).
My paintings are representations of waking and sleeping dreams, ideas, filtered through my indigenous view of Old ... |
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