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Moisés Barrios

Guatemalan artist, Moisés Barrios, studied art in Guatemala, Costa Rica and Spain, developing his career with various media such as graphic design, fine art and photography. Thus, the artist combines various techniques to realistically depict his chosen subject matter. This work belongs to a series of paintings inspired by an advertisement that appeared in a 1950s Guatemalan magazine; the written phrase on the painting is drawn from the advertisement.
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A lo largo de su trayectoria Barrios ha dividido su trabajo entre el diseño gráfico y la producción de obras artísticas. Las obras de Barrios combinan un estilo realista con técnicas relacionadas con el diseño gráfico y el etiquetado de productos comerciales. En esta obra en particular, por ejemplo, se puede leer una frase que pudiese pertenecer a una publicación, y es que en la serie a la que pertenece esta obra Barrios se inspiró en los anuncios impresos en revistas de Guatemala de los años cincuenta. El hecho de que el artista haya elegido el blanco y negro conecta la obra con la fotografía, medio en el que el artista se ha venido desarrollando recientemente.

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