CONTEMPORARY SURREALISM AND MEXICAN CULTURE

Gustavo Rimada's paintings are full of bold colors, stylized skulls and faces with high cheekbones and sharp eyes. "It's sort of a blend between contemporary lowbrow and modern, and it's starting to take more of a surreal aspect," Rimada said. "I'll start presenting it as surrealism now — a contemporary surrealism style with a Mexican kind of influence."
Stylistically, Rimada said he loves the work of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, along with art nouveau painters like Gustav Klimt and Alphonse Mucha. He draws from their bright colors and intricate, decorative patterns, and adds elements from Mexican culture, like the calaveras (also known as sugar skulls) pervasive at Dia de los Muertos.

[Source: Desert Sun / Rosalie Murphy]

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