Corazon I (Winged man with heart) (Heart I), Luis González Palma

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Luis González Palma, Corazon I (Winged man with heart) (Heart I)
Luis González Palma, Corazon I (Winged man with heart) (Heart I)
Luis González Palma
Corazon I (Winged man with heart) (Heart I)
1989
Luis González Palma
Cultural affiliations: Mestizo
born 1957
Corazon I (Winged man with heart) (Heart I), 1989
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: sensitized watercolor paper; ink
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 44.5 x 44.5 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 17 1/2 x 17 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 24 x 24 in
Credit line: Museum purchase
Accession number: 1993.0030
Not on display
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Archive Label: Palma’s Corazon (Spanish for “heart”) blends Catholic religion and the traditional myths that permeate Latin America in a style known as “magic realism,” most familiar through South American literature. The photograph is reminiscent of Latin-American baroque painting and sculpture, which sought to capture imagination and soul through the literal representation of the impossible and the horrific. Palma, a Guatemalan architect turned photographer, clearly disregards objective, visual reality, and instead creates an alternative realm (around something as palpable as the human body) of spirit and feeling.