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Catalog Number |
2008.09.02 |
Title |
Altar Screen / Retablo |
Artist |
Lozana, Pedro Ortega |
Date |
1999 |
Medium |
Cardboard, foil, paper, string, wood, cloth, metallic lace |
Material |
Cardboard, foil, paper, string, wood, cloth, metallic lace |
Dimensions |
H-37 W-37 D-1.25 inches |
Accession number |
2008.09 |
Description |
Bas-relief Baroque Retablo, constructed of "gold" foil over a foundation of cardboard. Three horizontal tiers and 5 vertical sections. Holds a total of 18 niches, each of which holds a pictorial composition of cut-out paper figures of the biblical characters and other figures or symbols (Adam, Eve, God, the Virgin Mary, an angel, cut outs of dogs, suns and moons) relating to the Creation, Eden, and the Expulsion. A large door made with gold foil is in the middle-bottom of the piece. Brown paper angels are placed symmetrically around the piece, some are playing instruments. Made in Tláhuac, D.F. Mexico. Pedro Ortega Lozana (1960) is a self-taught master working in a challenging medium that requires patience, self confidence, acute close-up vision, and a steady hand. Using a variety of cutting tools including multiple sizes of scissors and exacto knives, as well as inks, dyes, watercolors, pens and brushes to add color and fine-line details, he makes individual paper pieces that are carefully glued into place to create 2D collages and low-relief retablos. His work is on permanent display at the National Museum of Popular Arts in Mexico City. He has received several awards at the Second Place National Contest organized by Casart Miniatures in 1986. Pedro was the National Art Prize winner in the Rama Paper in 1992. He is a member of the International Association of Paper Cutters based in the United States. In 1994, he went to Kyoto, Japan for the International Paper Design Competition. |
Caption |
Altar Screen |
Culture |
Mexico |
Collection |
Boeckman Collection |
Cataloged by |
Harris, Stephanie |
Credit Line |
Tyler Museum of Art, Gift of Laura and Dan Boeckman, Dallas |
Source |
Boeckman, Laura and Dan;; Boeckman, Laura and Dan |