HORA
The Hora is traditionally danced at Jewish weddings, when the bride and groom are hoisted into chairs and hold a handkerchief between them. During the Holy Inquisition all marriages had to be publicly celebrated in the Catholic Church. But Jews also practiced their traditions, perhaps even this one, in secret. From the Crypto-Jew series.
40” x 51 ½” Acrylic on wood board $8,500
THE BALLAD
The corrridos are ballads of Mexico's legends, folklore and popular heroes. They are beloved by the Mexican people and often speak of current events in thier society. The passion and emotional intensity of this singer makes even the cherubs cry.
48" x 28" Acrylic on wood board $10,000
DANCING TO THE WATER JUKEBOX
The jukebox is filled with water, but the surrounding landscape is a desert where the last trees have long since died. The dancers are clowning and flirting while the world dries up.
54” x 36” Acrylic on wood board $8,000
FIESTA OF OUR LADY OF GUANAJUATO
In the beautiful streets of Guanajuato friends and neighbors gather for weeks of continuous fiesta in honor of Our Lady of Guanajuato. Her image is carried to each neighborhood and on this night looks over the table where historical figures sit beside the artist's friends and phantasms in costume.
32” x 43” Acrylic on wood board $10,000
QUANTUM CURANDERA
In the immense solitude of the Grand Canyon, a figure from another dimension makes magic and manipulates energy in a mysterious ceremony while brother wolf keeps watch. This is a hand carved “nicho”, four inches deep.
35" x 24" x 4" Acrylic on wood board $5,000
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THE MOTHER EARTH
She is the giver of water, of food and the mother of the animals – and she is also the grave, the dust to which we all must return. She is faceless, transcending personal identity, and behind her is the rain serpent to remind us that she commands the forces of nature.
46 ¼” X 33 Acrylic on wood board $ 4,000
SECRET WEDDING
Hidden from the eyes of the Holy Inquisition, a Jewish wedding is secretly celebrated in a ruined house beneath a twilight sky. Note the lace details in this painting.
37 ½” X 52” Acrylic on on wood board $8,000
ME, MY BONES AND MY ROSES
This is a self-portrait of the artist holding the most fortuitous of the Tarot cards. The view from the window is from a favorite restaurant in Guanajuato, El Gallo Pitagorico or The Pythagorean Rooster. 41” x 28” Acrylic on wood board $10,000
MASKS WITHIN MASKS
The mask is repeated in the painting, on the dancers in the landscape. Not only did making involve several ardorous steps, it is a personal protective spirit.
THE LACE FAN
The ground under the dancer’s feet moves and ripples with the pounding of her luminescent feet, or perhaps she herself is the manifestation of a greater rhythm that pervades everything, the landscape, even the tortoise that might represent another cycle of her movement. She is an archetype that keeps appearing in her work.
43” x 32” Acrylic on wood board $8,000
CYCLE OF VIOLENCE
This nicho, which opens and closes, shows the horrors war and how they are carried within our soldiers even after the battles are over. Closed we see the terror of Iraqi civilians as they flee bombs and attack helicopters. Open we see the violence continues in the soldier’s home, surrounded by the child’s toy weapons while death as entertainment unfolds on the television.32” x 28” x 4” Acrylic on wood board $4,000
LA NIN A BLANCA
This Saint of Death or La Santisma Muerte is a familiar figure in Mexican culture as well as a universal archetype. Like all destroyers she towers above the land and the people. She transcends national borders and cultural differences. She is implacable. Her expression could be compassionate or cruel.
47 ¾” x 29” Acrylic on wood board and canvas $8,000
THE TIGER’SBRIDE
First inspired by the Tarot card Strength VIII, this image carries the viewer to a jungle paradise where the animals are at peace and power is controlled by beauty and erotic, sensual grace. 47” X 29” Acrylic on board $8,000
© 2011 Anita Rodriguez. All Rights Reserved.
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