Night Drawing with Lamp / Dibujando en la Noche con Lámpara

“Night Drawing with lamp (late 1980s) exemplifies Carrillo as a scrutinizer of the larger world, its most unassuming details, its often overlooked tenderness. In this work, Carrillo is barely visible, a blue figure at the far background, while the lamp with its shimmering bulb and golden pleated shade dominates the foreground. The self is subsumed in a room full of light.”

– Christina Waters, from the Crocker Catalogue for “Testament of the Spirit”

Photo courtesy of The Crocker Art Museum
Keywords: Self portrait