GREEN MACHINE:
The Art of Carlos Luna
“Citing Rufino Tamayo and
Wifredo Lam as major influences, Carlos Luna tells stories
and relates fables that are culturally attuned to shifts in the
social and political environments of the three countries
where he has lived and created
art,” said Frost Art Museum
director, Dr. Jordana Pomeroy,” and the humanity that
makes these places so vibrant.”
Organized by guest curator,
Dr. Barbaro Martinez Ruiz, the
exhibition spans 5,000 square
feet in the Grand Galleries of
the Frost Art Museum and
features more than 120 artworks—most shown for the
first time and some created in
new mediums the artist has
been experimenting with during the past four years. On
display are Jacquard tapestries
and works on metal sheets
with patina and aluminum leaf,
created at Magnolia Editions;
ceramic plates produced at the
famed Talavera Pottery in Puebla, Mexico; mixed-media works
on paper on wood; and his largescale oil on canvas paintings.
The title, Green Machine,
alludes to the importance of
the rain forest known as El
Monte, a sacred space in the
Afro-Cuban tradition one
must enter to find meaning.
The ‘machine’ represents the
mechanism that perpetuates
life’s continuity. Combined,
these ideas represent the artist
leaving behind his rural past
and his contemplative journey
into the present moment.
The towering centerpiece
of the exhibition, El Gran
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Above:
Catalina’s Mirror, 2015,
Jacquard tapestry,
Publisher: Magnolia Editions,
81 x 71”.
Opposite:
Bailaora, 2015,
Jacquard tapestry,
Publisher: Magnolia Editions,
101 x 85.”
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