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Anna Ortiz
"OFRENDA", oil painting on panel, offering, deity, statue, sky, altar, rose

2019

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£1,347.27
€1,556.79
CA$2,496
A$2,795.84
CHF 1,453.53
MX$34,523.01
NOK 18,516.78
SEK 17,504.74
DKK 11,617.62
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OFRENDA, an oil painting on canvas by Anna Ortiz, depicts a deity or statue in a landscape of rock and scrub, lying outstretched on the ground with an offering on it's body – whether to the sky or the winds or the sun... Note the rose palette, lending a surreal light to the entire scene. From Anna Ortiz – "Ofrenda translated means Offering. Here this statue, or deity is in a reclined pose making an offering to the skies. The offering itself is like a small structure or abstract sculpture. The figure is somewhere between dead and alive, statue and deity. Perhaps it is hedging its bets on the best path forward. The unknowns are so overwhelming, it’s safest to exist somewhere in-between." Anna Ortiz (born in Worcester MA, currently living in Brooklyn NY) is a painter primarily focused on creating socio-psychological landscapes. Her work reflects on global issues through painterly collapses and constructions. Ortiz received a BA/BFA from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. During her undergraduate years, she spent a year studying at the Louvre in Paris. Ortiz completed her MFA at Tyler School of Art, spending her second year in Rome Italy. Her work has been exhibited at Proto Gomez, Transmitter, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Partners and Son and Lesley Heller, New York.
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    2019
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    Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 14 in (35.56 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Toronto, CA
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    1stDibs: LU134526818452

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