Year2009

Hand SignedLower Right and on Verso 

Condition Excellent 

Not FramedGallery Wrapped Does Not Need Framing 

Purchased fromArtist 2009 

Story / Additional InfoThe red line indicates the line between life and death. The woman in the foreground is locate in the present (a stand-in perhaps for the artist) and the girl in the back is the artist as a young girl. The figure holding the red line separates the two, with her back to the viewer and also looks into the past. The girl in the white dress could be having her first communion and although the artist was not raised Catholic, she was exposed to it through her cousins on her father’s side, Hispanic. It is a rite of maturity however, and the girl in the painting is reflecting on her impending sexuality. The red door also symbolizes the girl’s impending coming of age. The cactus and alibrije also represent the artist’s Hispanic heritage. A waterfall or deluge of water also moves between the two worlds creating a sort of stage on which the in between girl stands. The mature woman wears a Spanish shawl found in other works by the artist with her hair in the style of Frida Kahlo, another influence 

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