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Armando Romero's paintings often juxtapose his re-painting of
historical works by Old Masters like Velazquez, Bosch, and Veronese
with images from popular culture; consequently, the adjective most
commonly used to describe his work is 'irreverent.' This practice
is typified in series like Las Nuevas Tentaciones De San Antonio
(2000) in which he re-paints and re-presents Bosch's triptych The
Temptations of St. Anthony (1501) but in addition to the fantastic
imagery typical of Bosch already in the original, Romero adds
Tweety, Pokemon, various Looney Tunes and Disney characters - Daffy
Duck, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker, and Goofy -
superheroes including Superman, Spiderman, and the Fantastic Four,
the Jetsons, Topcat, Penelope Pitstop, the Flintstones, Smurfs, the
gang from Scooby-Doo and Jerry from Tom and Jerry. At first glance,
irreverent certainly seems like an appropriate description of such
work but further consideration of his historical source here -
particularly because Romero frequently returns to Bosch - suggests
that we consider not only quite how irreverent describe the work of
an artist as irreverent in the 21st century.
The short stories in this collection demonstrate aspects of
everyday life such as marital goings-on, unspeakable manias, and
cruel memories that end up feeling familiar to readers. "Los
relatos en esta coleccion muestran aspectos de la vida cotidiana
tales como escenas matrimoniales, manias inconfesables o memorias
crueles que terminan resultando familiares para cualquier lector. "
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