Ancla (Anchor) (2012); oil on linen; 36 x 48”
RIGOBERTO A. GONZALEZ Lives in Harlingen, TX Born 1973 in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico BFA The University of Texas Pan American, Edinburg, TX, 1999 MFA The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, 2004 Represented by Gallery Rigoberto A Gonzalez Studio, Harlingen, TX
The sublime beauty of the West, of the frontier, of the border... “La Frontera”: its beauty hides many tragedies. My current work grapples with the genocide inflicted on its indigenous people and the victims of our current immigration policies.
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