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Edison Peñafiel | Land Escape
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Inspired in no small part by the artist’s own experience as an immigrant to the U.S. from Ecuador, his canvases simultaneously materialize and monumentalize forms, compositions, and scenarios: Epic views of an evolving human tragedy of trans-historical proportions, Peñafiel’s faceless cast of global down-and-out characters also serves as a chronicle of a profoundly personal story of precarious displacement, forced travel, and epochal insecurity.
Title: Edison Peñafiel | Land Escape
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Inspired in no small part by the artist’s own experience as an immigrant to the U.
S.
from Ecuador, his canvases simultaneously materialize and monumentalize forms, compositions, and scenarios: Epic views of an evolving human tragedy of trans-historical proportions, Peñafiel’s faceless cast of global down-and-out characters also serves as a chronicle of a profoundly personal story of precarious displacement, forced travel, and epochal insecurity.