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Isis: Because I›m a modern myth maker, I
wanted to use the cartoon as a conceptual tool
to make a difference between our fantasies
and reality, so that my audience can read my
paintings, and in this case the white cartoon,
signifies an innocence that once was, a
vulnerability that once was and we wear masks
to protect our vulnerabilities.
alTirado: Does your painting have influence from
other painters? Whose? If the answer is yes, why
did you let yourself be influenced?
Isis: I continue to be influenced by American
60´s cartoons, Hannah-Barbera, Warner Bros &
Walt Disney, & underground comics, like
Robert Crumb, Jaime Hewlett & Sam Keith,
and the Great European Masters, like Goya,
Velasquez, Caravaggio, Manet and Bouguereau.
alTirado: What is the next step in your painting?
Isis: Well, it will continue on its cycle of a
generation reinterpreting it›s past to define it›
s today. Whatever issues have become
important, will become present in art, and
style is pluralistic. Technology will continue to
become an important part of art as a tool.
alTirado: What do you think about the trends of
contemporary art?
Isis: Because I am an artist, not a curator or a
director of a museum, I don›t follow trends. I
stay focused on myself and try to create art
that is authentic to my vision.
alTirado: Why did you choose San Miguel de
Allende, Mexico, to reside?
Isis: I was living in Oaxaca city, when I first
started «Enter with Discretion» in 2008. I was
in a radical artist residency called «The
Curtiduria» (The tannery) run by the
contemporary painter Damian Flores. Oaxaca
was the perfect place as it is a place of great
conflict. People either loved or hated my work
and the conversations about my work was