{"product_id":"idol-of-passage-by-maximiliano-pruneda-mexican","title":"Idol of Passage by Maximiliano Pruneda, Hispanic","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIdol of Passage, 1990\u003cbr\u003eMaximiliano Pruneda, Hispanic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ewood, cloth, pigment, tin\u003cbr\u003e51\" high x 12\" wide x 3\" deep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHispanic artist Maximiliano Pruneda was born in Laredo, Texas in 1948. Based out of his studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico, his creative output heavily reflects his Hispanic heritage, Southwestern motifs, and Native American-inspired aesthetic and shamanic traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\"I have an ardent interest in images that allude to processes of ritual, places of conjuring, otherness, healing and the invisible.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI seek to provide a visual dialogue that hints at these interests.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI present for contemplation imagery that conveys a muffled and haunted aura, with aspects of our primordial nature.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAdditionally, these images imply the human interaction in sustaining the world.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eTransformation through ritual is a continuing theme, which permeates my perception that object and image transcend aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI find native imagery a fascinating springboard for my work.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eTribal representations often codify the existence of the visible, as well as the invisible, world.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThey serve as evidence of interactions with, and the desire to control, the potent realm of the unseen.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWith perhaps idealized speculation, I imagine past clans with a greater balance between the earth, the unknown and man.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMy work is an attempt to define that balance for myself.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI create images to pose a question or provoke thought about spiritual striving within our primal self.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMy imagery serves as reliquaries for the mysterious; to give reverence to sacred feelings.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eTo some extent my work is about memory, not necessarily from reality, but more about possibilities--what could have been or what can be.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI strive to empower my imagery by imbuing it with open-ended qualities, creating a stir of intrigue and psychic disturbance in the viewer.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI feel that I accomplish this by putting forth presences that are simultaneously the viewer and the viewed.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e- Maximilliano Pruneda, 2005\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quintana Galleries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67659388354671,"sku":null,"price":1100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1813\/7073\/files\/PJ26010_IdolofPassage_fb555896-dd1a-4578-9d13-18c0af6a0175.jpg?v=1791128906","url":"https:\/\/quintanagalleries.com\/products\/idol-of-passage-by-maximiliano-pruneda-mexican","provider":"Quintana Galleries","version":"1.0","type":"link"}