Flashbacks: Echoes of Past Issues
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El Tiempo y el Laberinto, 2021 (acrylic on canvas, 22x24) by Peter Marin
A lunula of mother’s face is there, radiantly gazing at her child. Behind her, even less of my father can be seen – he is a soldier, one of the American troops occupying Mexico’s ancient capital. My father’s heartbeat has crossed cultural borders. “Ah . . . so . . . you see them,” Diego speaks, abruptly breaking my concentration. I savor his dreamworld rendering, trees dancing like sylvan wisps. I look devotedly at my parents. I am swaddled in my mother’s arms, my father unwavering in his attention.
PETER MARIN was born and raised in Mexico City. He received a BA from UC Berkeley and an MFA from Hunter College. His work has been exhibited throughout the world and appears in public and private collections and foundations including Boys and Girls Club, The City of Raleigh, and SAS. He received the 2019 Latino Diamante Inc. Award for Arts and Culture given by North Carolina’s first Latino arts organization. He is an adjunct Assistant Professor with Wake Tech Community College and Living Arts College. He also works with cultural centers, such as the North Carolina Museum of Art, Arts Together, Pullen Arts Center, and Seratoma Arts Center. He is the owner and founder of Peter Marin Artworks, and his studio is located in Artspace in downtown Raleigh.