Still Life

acrylic on canvas
Courtesy of the artist and Royale Projects

How to Make a Crucifixion Painting
Go to dollar store
Buy Crucifixion doily to use as a stencil
Spray paint it onto a canvas
-Alejandro Diaz

Alejandro Diaz’s deliberate pairing of serious art historical themes, like still lifes and crucifixions, with banal dollar store doilies subverts viewers’ expectations of high art while paying homage to the history of painting and his Latinx culture. After all, according to Diaz “... a Crucifixion painting is de rigueur for any self respecting Latinx artist.”