"Esperando la Marea," 2004
Acrylic on linen
Signed together with the artist's birth year lower right: Kdir / 1972; titled and dated by repute
41.25" H x 55" W

Provenance: The Carolyn J. Adrian Collection, South Pasadena, CA

Notes: Kadir Lopez Nieves was born in 1972 in Las Tunas, a provincial Cuban town. Lopez overlays "remaindered" 1950s American signage with translucent images to capture, preserve, and convey his take on post-1950s historical events and anecdotes. The results are multidimensional creations bound in the context of time and influence with a unique blend of homeland relic and memory. The signs are old, battered, and on occasion even have bullet holes. Kadir then paints, draws, or prints historic images of Cuba onto the worn signs, purposely utilizing ceramic paints, resins, or enamels to create transparent images that float on top, instead of concealing the image.

His watercolors here, have environmental and political imagery, keeping with his motivation for his work to continue commentary on free will, adolescence, and more. Kadir Lopez Nieves currently lives and works in Cuba.

Visual: Good condition. A small indentation in the canvas upper left.

Blacklight: No evidence of restoration.

Unframed