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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19h

Local cops are not on the side of Democratic politicians or under their actual control. People refuse to understand this too even though we've been making this point for decades.

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 10h

MANUEL FELGUÉREZ is one of the prominent members of the Generación de la Ruptura (and was the husband of LILIA CARILLO) but he never made a living from his art which included mural sculpture, painting, sculpture. 🧵 Natl Hispanic Heritage Month #AbstractArtist #Mexic

Mural de Hierro (1961) Manuel FELGUÉREZ.

La llave de Kepler, 1978, Manuel FELGUÉREZ.

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 16h

Finally here’s some fotos of CONSUELO JIMÉNEZ UNDERWOOD the artist behind the art! #AbstrsctArtist #Chicana

The artist gazes out at the viewe, her dark hair parted in the middle and falling to bear her shoulders. She wears large glasses and a huipil in golden yellow & dark & light purple, that looks like it might be Amuzgo, woven in a backstrap loom.

The artist at a bit of an angle, seated, looks at the viewer. In front of of her is a piece of art and behind her hangs another.

fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 16h

Food - as ever - is as central to Mexican/Mexican-American culture one one side of the border as the other. And there are certain foods - like nopal & tortillas that are even more powerful touchstones & symbols, as in these works by CONSUELO JIMENEZ UNDERWOOD. #AbstractArtist

Undocumented Nopal. 2525 AD (2019) Consuelo Jiménez Underwood.

Tortillas de Norte (2005) Consuelo Jiménez Underwood.

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 20h

Our 1st fiber artist for the month is CONSUELO JIMENEZ UNDERWOOD. A #Chicana #FiberArtist, yall know I love her work that incorporates/subverts/uses the US flag as protest. 🧵 Natl Hispanic Heritage Month #AbstractArtist #AbstractArt #Mexico

Home of the Brave (2013) Consuelo Jimenez Underwood.

Quatlique-landia (2017) Consuelo Jimenez Underwood.

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 20h

Aiiiiiii Monday got me yesterday so 2 artists for #AbstractArtist #Mexico today! Desculpame!!

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 2d

MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ URBÁN started doing monumental sculpture in the 1990s but it’s hard to find fotos of them on the interwebs. One amazing one is La Tehuana, which is glorious but not at all abstract lol - look it up tho!

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 2d

MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ URBÁN, both a painter & a sculptor produced abstract, surrealist, figurative works. 🧵 Natl Hispanic Heritage Month #AbstractArtist #AbstractArt #Mexico

Paisaje surreal (1969) Miguel Hernández URBÁN.

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 2d

MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ URBÁN, both a painter & a sculptor produced abstract, surrealist, figurative works. 🧵 Natl Hispanic Heritage Month #AbstractArtist #AbstractArt #Mexico

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 3d

Finally some portraits of GABRIEL OROZCO himself

The artist seems mid-sentence, lips parted and seeing to make eye contact with someone off the the left.

Gabriel Orozco stands in a gallery, wearing all black save some snake/skin looking light colored shoes. Gazes at the viewe with eyes and face creased in a smile.

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 3d

In this painting GABRIEL OROZCO, left nothing to chance. oh no, wait, in fact almost *everything* WAS left to chance. Painting was a significant departure for Orozco as it is art that is about itself & not in relationship to daily life. A game of chance determined color, placement, aspect of circle.

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 3d

Ephemerality, chance, nature, construction, found, self, objects and human relationships… like a lot of abstract & conceptual art, GABRIEL OROZCO asks us to think and feel and challenge the ideas of limits between art and everyday objects #AbstractArtist

Installation view of ‘Sandstars’ (2012) Gabriel Orozco.

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 3d

One of the things GABRIEL OROZCO has said about his work/art in general is how art changes how you feel / view the world *after* you experience it. 🧵 Natl Hispanic Heritage Month #Mexico #AbstractArtist #ConceptualArt

Installation view of Penske Works, Dent de Lion, and Pinched Star (1998) GABRIEL OROZCO.

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 4d

Finally photos of ANDREA ALONSO herself, the #AbstractArtist behind the #AbstractArt

The artist sits with her arms crossed, one hand holding paint brushes. She wears glasses and a paint stained shirt, her hair long. Behind her a variety of easels hold paintings.

The artist stands next to and partially obscured by a large painting.

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 4d

Even art with the title & emotion of Soledad is surrounded by a jumble of buildings loneliness in a crowd, just as there is a heart of deep dark quiet in the midst of Cacofonía… remarkable feats by ANDREA ALONSO #AbstractArtist

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 4d

Intricate compositions, a palpable sense of place, emotional, the colors of a world than can only be Mexican. These are aspects of ANDREA ALONSO’s work. 🧵 Natl Hispanic Heritage Month #AbstractArtist #Mexico #AbstractArt

Walking in the storm with red umbrella, Andrea Alonso. https://shop.andreaalonso.mx/product/walking-in-storm-with-red-umbrella/

Looking into the darkness, Andrea Alonso. https://shop.andreaalonso.mx/product/looking-into-the-darkness/

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 5d

Honestly yall I cannot find any photos of ROBERTO DONIS on the interwebs… if anyone knows of any lmk

fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 5d

ROBERTO DONIS did a number of paintings with a circle / square kind of design composition. I loves it. #AbstractArt

El tiempo de la luz (1969) Roberto DONIS.

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 5d

This print by ROBERTO DONIS are part of ‘21 Estampadores de Colombia, Mexico y Venuzuela’ collection, which is how I first learned about his art. Check out whole collection: www.moma.org/collection/w...
#AbstractArtist #AbstractArt #LatineArtist

Azul en trayectoria
from 21 Printmakers from Colombia,
Mexico and Venezuela (1972) Roberto DONIS.

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 5d

ROBERTO DONIS led a student strike at art school His time in NYC in the late 1960s brought him to abstract expressionism. His later years he spent at Rufino Tamayo’s taller & living in Oaxaca. A recipe for my love and respect!! 🧵National Hispanic Heritage Month #AbstractArtist #Mexico #AbstractArt

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 6d

Finally, fotos of ELENA ESCOBEDO herself, the artist behind the art #AbstractArtist

Black & white photo of the artist perhaps mid-sculpture of a human figure, she looks down at her hands.

Helena Escobedo Hugs a piece of her art, as she gazes out at the viewer. They are in a garden with shrubs and trees beyond.

The artist mid speech, which hand near chin she wears glasses and is looking up and away from viewer.

fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 6d

This installation has actually moved around, beyond the end of ELENA ESCOBEDO’s life, perhaps as is appropriate for the abstracted representation of our hermanas migrantes. It was her final artwork, as relevant then as now in 2025. #AbstractArtist #AbstractArt

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 6d

Out of the corner of your eye, passing in a doorway, perhaps an angel

#AbstractPhotography #AbstractArt

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 6d

Perhaps one of her more iconic works, with Coatl ELENA ESCOBEDO blurs the division between sculpture to be viewed and space to be experienced, not unlike the work of her mentor & colleague (& yesterdays featured artist) Matias Goeritz #AbstractArtist #AbstractArt

Coatl [Snake], espacio escultorio (1980) Helen Escobedo.

Coatl [Snake], espacio escultorio (1980) Helen Escobedo. With a person walking / climbing through it, they’re back to us.

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fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 6d

ELENA ESCOBEDO was also a talented abstract printmaker as this piece eloquently shows.
#AbstractArtist #AbstractArt

Muro musical, from 21 Estampadores
de Colombia, Mexico y Venezuela
(1972) Helen Escobedo.

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