Angel Villanueva
The Blue Cat, 2015
Serigraph, Ed. 43
20”x20”

This chilly and foreboding print is copied from an acrylic painting the artist made in 2002. Its eerie stillness and surreal arrangement, marked by elemental differentiation and contrast, is based on a childhood memory. The artist’s career exploration of the mind, memory, affect, and the mythical are reflected in this curious scene of a liminal yet enduring moment.

“Villanueva’s work explores and expresses the interconnections between the cognitive territories of knowledge, experience, memory, and imagination; all factors informing our identity. He believes the nature of art is evidenced in its ability to traverse ages, cultural domains, and typological worldviews.”