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Gato persiguiendo ratones

Alejandro Colunga1998

Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla

Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla
San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, Mexico

A yellow, red-spotted cat with a brown face standing on two legs on a red background of a door frame in blue and white dots. Seven black mice are around the cat.
In "Gato persiguiendo ratones" the main figure a man-cat or a cat-man who, as the tittle says, is trying to hunt mice that aren’t regular ones, half machine and half animal that resemble a well-known mouse from entertainment industry.
Alejandro Colunga is a self-taught painter and sculptor. His production is characterized by fantastic figures of a huge size and the use of bright colors. These figures come from mythology and folklore. Is linked to surrealism.

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  • Title: Gato persiguiendo ratones
  • Creator: Alejandro Colunga.
  • Creator Lifespan: 1948
  • Creator Nationality: Mexican
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Birth Place: Guadalajara, Mexico
  • Date: 1998
  • Date Created: 1998
  • Physical Location: Mexico
  • Location Created: México
  • Physical Dimensions: h47 x w37 cm (Complete)
  • Painter: Alejandro Colunga
  • Origin: Mexico
  • Art Exhibition: Bestiario, Museo de la Ciudad de Irapuato y Centro de las Artes de Salamanca, Guanajuato, 2013
  • Provenance: Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla
  • Type: Printmaking
  • Rights: Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla
  • External Link: Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla
  • Medium: Engraving
Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla

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