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1994.107A-C_1b.jpg (121212 bytes)Alfredo Arreguín
Sueño (Dream: Eve Before Adam)
1992
oil
72 1/4 x 144 1/4 in.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment and the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquistion Program



In this lush Eden populated by women and animals, Arreguín imagined a world in which God created woman before man. The dense patterns and angular details of the animals and vegetation recall Aztec sculpture of his native Mexico, and the camouflaged face of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, a symbol of woman's inner strength, can be seen through the foliage in each panel. Eager to join the wild nature of his paradise, the artist superimposed his own bearded face on the burly monkey in the upper left corner.



En este lujuriante Edén poblado de mujeres y animales, Arreguín imaginó un mundo en el que Dios creó a la mujer antes que a Adán. El abigarrado dibujo y los detalles angulosos de los animales y la vegetación recuerdan la escultura azteca de su México natal, y en cada panel se puede ver el rostro camuflado de la pintora mexicana Frida Kahlo, símbolo de la fuerza interior de la mujer. Deseoso de unirse a la naturaleza salvaje de su paraíso, el artista superpuso su propio rostro barbudo en el fornido mono del ángulo superior izquierdo.

 

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