Neo Classical Revolution 2018 24x24

Year2018

Hand SignedLower Right and on Verso 

Condition Excellent 

Not FramedCanvas on Stretcher Bars 

Purchased fromArtist 2018 

Story / Additional InfoThe artist is playing with many modernist ideas here, particularly relating to the historical progress of feminism. The figures are all female borrowed from classical statues and paintings, arranged in a setting that could be around a large window, looking in or out to the future, with what appear to be the bars of a jail at the top. The interior parts of the body are also displayed, with images from biology drawings, again emphasizing the idea of interior versus exterior. The figure at the bottom is more modern but wears a mask, perhaps questioning her identity or her place in society’s order. The heavy impasto underneath is emphasized by scumbling on top with pastels and hints at a volcanic like disruption of the women’s role in society. This is an example of painted collage which the artist has perfected and continues to develop. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

LID165113

Dixie Salazar - United States

Art Brokerage: Dixie Salazar Hispanic - American Artist: Dixie Salazar is a Central Valley, California artist who has been working in a number of mediums, including oils, watercolors, collage, assemblage, and hand-colored photography for the past forty years or more. Her work has been shown extensively in the Central Valley, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York and Merced, at the Merced Multi-cultural Art Museum in 2005. This was a one person show of oils and painted collage, exploring her dual (Hispanic and Anglo) heritage. Other one person shows occurred in 2006 at Arte Americas in Fresno and Educational Employees Credit Union in Sacramento. A large body of figurative work was also shown at the Patterson Building in Fresno in 2006 in a show titled "Escaping Gravity". In 2013 Dixie had a one person show at Arte Americas in Fresno, INTERCONNECTIONS, painted collages that explored Mayan symbols and history relating them to contemporary issues. In the past five years, Dixie has entered a number of shows in California, Oregon and on the East Coast, winning a number of first place awards and several Best of Shows. Her latest show was a one person show at the Pacific Grove Monterrey Peninsula College Art Museum. Dixie Salazar is also a poet with three books of poetry published and a novel, LIMBO, published in 1995. Listings wanted.