Danza de Carnaval

Freddy Rodríguez, Danza de Carnaval, 1974, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2011.10.1, © 1974, Freddy Rodríguez
Copied Freddy Rodríguez, Danza de Carnaval, 1974, acrylic on canvas, 96 x 32 in. (243.8 x 81.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2011.10.1, © 1974, Freddy Rodríguez

Artwork Details

Title
Danza de Carnaval
Artist
Date
1974
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
96 x 32 in. (243.8 x 81.3 cm)
Copyright
© 1974, Freddy Rodríguez
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums Description
acrylic on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Abstract — geometric
Object Number
2011.10.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2011.10.1

Artwork Description

As a young artist based in New York, Rodríguez was drawn to Piet Mondrian’s works on view at the Museum of Modern Art and the hard-edge painting of Frank Stella and other contemporary Americans. These antecedents inspired Rodríguez’s own geometric abstractions, which increasingly began to refer to aspects of his own cultural background. His canvases transpose the energy of salsa and Dominican merengue into visual form. The slender life-size paintings evoke couples whose arms and hips sway to the sounds of Caribbean music.

Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, 2013
Description in Spanish

Siendo un joven artista basado en Nueva York, Rodríguez se sintió atraído por las obras de Piet Mondrian expuestas en el Museo de Arte Moderno y la pintura de bordes rígidos de Frank Stella y otros jóvenes artistas estadounidenses. Estos antecedentes inspiraron sus propias abstracciones geométricas, que se refirieron con creciente frecuencia a aspectos de su propio orígen cultural. Sus telas transponen la energía de la salsa y el merengue dominicano a formas visuales. Las esbeltas pinturas de tamaño natural evocan parejas cuyos brazos y caderas se mueven al compás de la música caribeña.

Nuestra América: la presencia latina en el arte estadounidense, 2013

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