Sin Título, from the series La Tempestad

Arturo Rodríguez, Sin Título, from the series La Tempestad, 1998, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Liza and Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga, 2013.18
Copied Arturo Rodríguez, Sin Título, from the series La Tempestad, 1998, oil on canvas, 50 x 42 in. (127.0 x 106.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Liza and Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga, 2013.18

Artwork Details

Title
Sin Título, from the series La Tempestad
Artist
Date
1998
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
50 x 42 in. (127.0 x 106.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Liza and Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — house
Object Number
2013.18
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2013.18

Artwork Description

Rodríguez’s unsettled picture was inspired by Italian artist Giorgione’s The Tempest (about 1501), a puzzling painting that portrays a nude woman nursing a child under the watchful eye of a man, possible a soldier. Like The Tempest, Rodríguez’s painting gathers disparate elements and offers no clear narrative. Three figures stand, sit, or walk through an environment that lacks a stable ground, the emotional intensity evoking the uprootedness of exile or the upheaval of troubled times.

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

La inquietante imagen de Rodríguez fue inspirada por la obra La tempestad (alrededor de 1505) del artista italiano Giorgione, una desconcertante pintura que muestra a una mujer desnuda amamantando a un niño bajo la mirada vigilante de un hombre, posiblemente un soldado. Al igual que en La tempestad, la pintura de Rodríguez agrupa elementos disímiles sin ofrecer una narrativa clara. Tres figuras están de pie, se sientan o caminan a través de un espacio inestable. La intensidad emocional evoca el desarraigo del exilio o el trastorno de los tiempos difíciles.

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

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Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art
Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art explores how Latino artists shaped the artistic movements of their day and recalibrated key themes in American art and culture. This beautifully illustrated volume presents the rich and varied contributions of Latino artists in the United States since the mid-twentieth century, when the concept of a collective Latino identity began to emerge. Our America includes works by artists who participated in all the various artistic styles and movements, including abstract expressionism; activist, conceptual, and performance art; and classic American genres such as landscape, portraiture, and scenes of everyday life. 

Exhibitions

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Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art
October 25, 2013–March 2, 2014
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art presents the rich and varied contributions of Latino artists in the United States since the mid-twentieth century, when the concept of a collective Latino identity began to emerge.