Julio Parra Colombian, b. 1968
Ratón 2, 2022
Mixed Media on Canvas
149 cm (H) x 140 cm (L)
$ 8,900.00
There is no celebration and no explicit nostalgia that defines this work. There is a critical review of the popular image subjected to the passage of time and the loss...
There is no celebration and no explicit nostalgia that defines this work. There is a critical review of the popular image subjected to the passage of time and the loss of a sense of identity. The subdued, muted color (green) reinforces an atmosphere of silence and abandonment; the figure Mickey seems to walk aimlessly, caught between the persistence of the symbol and its inevitable deterioration. The image ceases to be a character and becomes a metaphor: a vulnerable, incomplete, and deeply human body.