Angel Zarraga
May 17, 2010 - 12:50pm | Melvix
Las Futbolistas - Angel Zarraga
I saw this painting in the modern art museum in Mexico City a couple years ago. I stood there and stared at it for a long time, looked at everthing else in the wing, came back and looked at it again. Everything about this painting seemed perfect to me. The color of the jerseys. The brush strokes on the women's arms and legs. Next time I go to Mexico City I'll probably go back to look at it again.
Unfortunately you can't see its finer points in this tiny reproduction (snagged from here), but you can kind of get an idea of what the painting is about.
Here's another Zarraga that gets more (undeserved) attention on the web:
Self portrait with model
Comments
Las Futbolistas
I saw this painting there in Feb 08 and did the exact same thing, looked, went away, came back. Looked at it for a long time; there's something close to perfect about it.
The Three Graces
It is a lovely painting. I guess it's a take on the Three Graces motif:
I'd like to know what's written in the text in the lower left corner.