River Garza

New Americana
2021

A vibrant and abstract painting featuring a central figure with a distorted, mask-like face in bold strokes of red, blue, yellow, and brown. The background is a pale pink with black and blue crosses and asterisks scattered around. The words "LIVE" and "AMERICANA" are prominently displayed in the composition, with "LIVE" in vertical orientation on the right and "AMERICANA" at the bottom. The artist's signature and the year 2021 are visible in the lower right corner.
A vibrant and abstract painting featuring a central figure with a distorted, mask-like face in bold strokes of red, blue, yellow, and brown. The background is a pale pink with black and blue crosses and asterisks scattered around. The words "LIVE" and "AMERICANA" are prominently displayed in the composition, with "LIVE" in vertical orientation on the right and "AMERICANA" at the bottom. The artist's signature and the year 2021 are visible in the lower right corner.

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Date
2021

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Acrylic, marker, spray paint, color pencil, china marker, chalk pastel and oil stick on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 23 7/8 × 18 15/16in. (60.6 × 48.1 cm)

Accession number
2022.145a-b

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of an anonymous donor courtesy of the People’s Art Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/65575

River Garza
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