José García y Más Germany

Icon of the Cold War

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Country: Germany
Category: Painting
Technique: Oil
Medium: Canvas
Theme: Nude Paintings
At Artelista since: Wednesday 18th of August 2010
Tags: nude, art, politics, usa, russia, bath

Artwork description

On the occasion of the painting's loan, in 1963, to the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Metropolitan Museum in New York, Mona Lisa ("Lisa Fever") was momentarily made an icon of the Cold War.

Artist information

Although global policy plays a very important part in his world view, García y Más is not a political painter in any narrow sense, his paintings focus on the problematic social issues of the day: the point is made by means of alienation, irony & wit, often in a macabre, sardonic manner. The scenario of his canvases is determined by an intensive & radiant use of colour, restricted to few essential figures.

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