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The Aerialist / El Trapecista

The Aerialist / El Trapecista
1994
oil on canvas
75 x 50
Artist: Eduardo Carrillo
Collection of Alison Carrillo
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The Aerialist showcases Carrillo’s ability to capture not only ambient light but symbolic light, conveying multilayered dimensions of reality. This is evocative of the tenebrist technique employed by painters of the baroque period, and more recently, by contemporary filmmakers.

Photo courtesy of The Crocker Art Museum