Guadalupe: Florecer

rafa esparza

Guadalupe: Florecer, 2021152.4 x 106.68 x 3.81cmSign in to view price
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acrylic on adobeCommonwealth and Council
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This vibrant painting depicts a young woman in a wedding dress, standing amidst a lush, colorful backdrop. The composition features bold contrasts of dark and light tones, with the subject's face and dress standing out against the abstract, expressive background. The artist's use of thick, textural brushstrokes and vivid hues creates an evocative, almost dreamlike atmosphere. The subject's serene yet pensive expression and the inclusion of a floral bouquet suggest themes of celebration and transition, perhaps reflecting the artist's exploration of cultural traditions and personal identity. ...

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rafa esparza
Artist
rafa esparza
B.1981, American

rafa esparza (b. 1981, Los Angeles; lives and works in Los Angeles) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work reveals his interests in history, personal narratives, and kinship, his own relationship to colonization and the disrupted genealogies that it produces. esparza employs site-specificity, materiality, memory, and what he calls (non)documentation as primary tools to investigate and expose ideologies, power structures, and binary forms of identity that establish narratives, history, and social environments. esparza’s recent projects are grounded in laboring with land and adobe-making, a skill learned from his father, Ramón Esparza. In so doing, the artist invites Brown and Queer cultural producers to realize large-scale collective projects, gathering people together to build networks of support outside of traditional art spaces. ...

rafa esparza: Artworks
victory
rafa esparzavictory, 2021
116.84 x 86.36 x 3.81cm
love
rafa esparzalove, 2021
114.3 x 81.92 x 3.81cm
cuauhtlikeepers
rafa esparzacuauhtlikeepers, 2021
27.94 x 33.02 x 26.67cm
metamorphosis
rafa esparzametamorphosis, 2021
121.92 x 91.44 x 3.81cm
coatl
rafa esparzacoatl, 2020
39 x 76.2 x 60.96cm
cuauhtlikeepers
rafa esparzacuauhtlikeepers, 2021
22.86 x 38.1 x 31.75cm
cuauhtlikeepers
rafa esparzacuauhtlikeepers, 2021
27.94 x 36.83 x 17.78cm
citlali
rafa esparzacitlali, 2021
121.92 x 92.08 x 3.81cm
cruising
rafa esparzacruising, 2021
180.34 x 121.92 x 3.81cm
vuela vuela
rafa esparzavuela vuela, 2021
7.62 x 208.28 x 692.78cm
taquerita
rafa esparzataquerita, 2021
180.34 x 121.92 x 3.81cm
Bonampak: Structure | Bird's-eye View
Guadalupe: Florecer
rafa esparzaGuadalupe: Florecer, 2021
152.4 x 106.68 x 3.81cm
G's Up
rafa esparzaG's Up, 2021
152.4 x 106.68 x 3.81cm
La Pow
rafa esparzaLa Pow, 2021
152.4 x 106.68 x 3.81cm
Meño: Driver's Seat
rafa esparzaMeño: Driver's Seat, 2021
152.4 x 106.68 x 3.81cm
Rush: Holographic
rafa esparzaRush: Holographic, 2021
152.4 x 106.68 x 3.81cm
thanks for staying alive Fern.1994
starshots: blue roses
rafa esparzastarshots: blue roses, 2019
173.99 x 114.3 x 4.44cm
Clutch
rafa esparzaClutch, 2019
78.74 x 15.24 x 12.7cm
Taquero
rafa esparzaTaquero, 2021
190.5 x 115.57 x 3.81cm
big chillin with Patrisse
rafa esparzabig chillin with Patrisse, 2021
182.88 x 144.78 x 3.81cm
Yosi con Abuelita
rafa esparzaYosi con Abuelita, 2021
182.88 x 144.78 x 3.81cm
Tayhana
rafa esparzaTayhana, 2021
179.7 x 121.92 x 3.81cm
Chalino
rafa esparzaChalino, 2021
181.61 x 124.46 x 3.81cm
Commonwealth and Council
Gallery
Commonwealth and Council
Los Angeles, Mexico City

Commonwealth and Council is a gallery in Koreatown, Los Angeles founded in 2010. Our program is rooted in our commitment to explore how a community of artists can sustain our co-existence through generosity and hospitality. Commonwealth and Council celebrates our manifold identities and experiences through the shared dialogue of art—championing practices by women, queer, POC, and our ally artists to build counter-histories that reflect our individual and collective realities. ...

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