{"product_id":"spirit-house-iii-by-maximilliano-pruneda-mexican","title":"Spirit House III by Maximilliano Pruneda, Mexican","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpirit House III, 2006\u003cbr\u003eby Maximilliano Pruneda, Mexican\u003cbr\u003eacrylic on paper, archival framing\u003cbr\u003e58\" high x 47\" wide x 1\" deep\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***Please call or email for a shipping quote\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":53990675054703,"sku":null,"price":2250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1813\/7073\/files\/CJQ26001_Pruneda.jpg?v=1786151697","url":"https:\/\/quintanagalleries.com\/products\/spirit-house-iii-by-maximilliano-pruneda-mexican","provider":"Quintana Galleries","version":"1.0","type":"link"}