Gerardo Garcia (Mexico, b.1970). "El Campanario" talavera Day of the Dead Bus. Signed on underside of base. A dynamic Day of the Dead bus by Mexican ceramicist Gerardo Garcia titled "El Campanario" and made in the traditional talavera style. Hand-painted in brilliant pigments, the sculpture portrays several calaveras on a psychedelic bus adorned with mesmerizing floral and geometric designs. A driver and 5 passengers are seen within while 2 more calacas ride on top, strumming a guitar and drinking a beer, accompanied by a cow-spotted pig, a coffin, a barrel, a peacock, and a milk churn. All figures face forward, displaying a variety of poses that ironically give the vehicle a lively and vivacious presentation, regardless of the post-mortem status of its riders. Though full of motion and energy, the bus is not whizzing forward, but for this moment is stopped with doors open as though offering the viewer the chance to come aboard and begging the question "Are you on the bus or off the bus?" Size: 9.5" L x 17.5" W x 14" H (24.1 cm x 44.4 cm x 35.6 cm)

According to Centro Cultural Afirme, "Gerardo Garcia (Santander, 1970) has been alternating intense teaching work with exhibition activity since the 90s. Trained in the creative ceramics workshops of Raimundo Cubero and Miguel González, he graduated from the School of Applied Arts and Artistic Crafts, with a specialty in artistic ceramics in Granada. Furthermore, in his professional career, he has taken numerous training courses and his teaching experience includes ceramics courses at the University as a lecturer and professor of ceramics in various cultural centers in Madrid and at the Tagore Children's School. Among the awards it brings together, the 14th 'Villa de Mostoles' Ceramics and Sculpture Contest, the 'Fundacion Vipren' in Chiclana (Cadiz) and the 'Unicaja Plastic Arts Contest' in Málaga stand out. Currently, his intense activity stands out in the Ceramic School that bears his name and is located on Cisneros Street in Santander."?

Provenance: private Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA collection, acquired in the mid-1990s

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Signed on underside of base. Intact and excellent.