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San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Geary and Priscilla Atherton.
Surrounded by Sound
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Geary and Priscilla Atherton.
Contact San Antonio Museum of Art, Registrar Department for rights and reproduction of this image. © Alberto Mijangos

Surrounded by Sound

Artist Alberto Mijangos (Mexican, 1925 - 2007)
DepartmentContemporary Art
Date1988
MediumOil, acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Dimensions80 x 80 in. (203.2 x 203.2 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Geary and Priscilla Atherton
Object number88.103
Copyright© The Estate of Alberto Mijangos
Geography
Place madeUnited States
DescriptionLarge abstract composition in deep purples and bright red hues. The pigment is applied in a painterly manner, but also contained in loosely geometric forms—the most prominent of which is a red “T” or cruciform at center.Label TextIn this painting, intense red and deep purple hues are accentuated by a richly textured surface. During the 1980s, Alberto Mijangos began employing an abstracted T-shape as a compositional device to explore the expressive qualities of color in a series he referred to as “T-shirt” works. The T-shape references a common tee-shirt and the religious cross, imbuing abstract forms with spiritual and symbolic meaning. Mijangos spent his early years in Mexico City and eventually settled in San Antonio in the 1950s. En esta pintura, los tonos rojo intenso y púrpura oscuro se acentúan con una superficie rica en texturas. Durante la década de 1980, Alberto Mijangos comenzó a emplear una forma de T abstracta como recurso compositivo para explorar las cualidades expresivas del color en una serie de obras a las que llamó “T-shirt” (camiseta en inglés). La forma de T hace referencia a las camisetas comunes y también a la cruz religiosa, lo que dota a las formas abstractas de un significado espiritual y simbólico. Mijangos pasó sus primeros años en Ciudad de México y con el tiempo se estableció en San Antonio en la década de 1950. (Lana Meador, 2022)Published ReferencesNan Cuba and Riley Robinson, eds. Art at Our Doorstep: San Antonio Writers + Artists. San Antonio, TX: Trinity University Press, 2008, p.60.
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