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Antonio Berni’s experimental figuration was a key point of departure for the members of Nueva Figuración. Beginning in the late 1950s, Berni developed two narrative series based on the lives of imaginary characters Juanito Laguna, a boy from the…

Antonio Berni’s experimental figuration was a key point of departure for the members of Nueva Figuración. Beginning in the late 1950s, Berni developed two narrative series based on the lives of imaginary characters Juanito Laguna, a boy from the…

Anna Bella Geiger addresses political, social, and cultural oppression in Brazil and elsewhere. Brasil nativo, Brasil alienígena consists of a series of commercial postcards featuring indigenous people paired with photographs of the artist mirroring…

As Saint Francis stands in prayer, the stigmata—wounds Jesus sustained during his crucifixion—appear on his hands, signaling the saint’s purity and willingness to sacrifice for others. His appeal comes after witnessing the violent impact of the…

In this group of studies Baciccio’s skillful use of red chalk shows its range. Lines in the young woman’s hair curve and curl like clouds or rapids, light and shadow play out in cross-hatched lines in the lower hand, and color imbues the studies…

After the great battle of angels, God hurls Satan and his followers into the depths of hell—bottomless, black, and terrifying. In the text Milton tells how the angels will endure “adamantine chains and penal fire,” but here we see an abyss made…

Martin translates Milton’s description of hell in book 1: " . ., [Satan] with his horrid crew Lay vanquished, rolling in the fiery gulf . . . he views The dismal situation waste and wild, A dungeon horrible, on all sides round As one great furnace…

From the gates of hell Sin leaps up to stop these two demons—Satan and Death—from annihilating each other. Satan, with his bat-like wings, stands poised to thrust his spear, while a toad-like Death emerges shrouded in black fog. Martin hints at…

In heaven, the courts of God are bathed in light. Again we see Martin juxtapose infinite space and massive architecture with miniature angels, who in this case frolic and strum harps. An onminous dark cloud blemishes the sun, hinting at the presence…

From afar, Satan scowls at the sight of angels ascending the stairs of heaven, enveloped in extraordinary formations of clouds. Milton writes that they “ascend by degrees, magnificent” with a “frontispiece of diamond and gold embellished.”…