El Farol: Canyon Road Cantina
Artist
David Bradley
(American, Ojibwa Chippewa, born 1954)
Date2000
Mediumacrylic on canvas
Dimensions48 x 60 in. (121.9 x 152.4 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of James and Margie Krebs, 2005
Object number2004.2.7
DescriptionInterior of café with various figure seated at tables, counter, a band on stage, a waitress carrying a tray of bottles and dishes, Native woman selling jewerly.eMuseum Notes
David Bradley is known for satirical narratives and sociopolitical commentaries about the commercialism and clash of cultures in Santa Fe. Bradley came to the city in the late 1970s to attend the Institute of American Indian Art. This painting is set in Santa Fe’s Iconic El Farol, which was a social center for the city’s artist and cultural community. Bradley includes several Santa Fe personas mixed with other iconic figures. Georgia O’Keeffe and Juan Hamilton sit in a back corner of the bar as Vincent Van Gogh lays on the bar with a bandaged ear. Zozobra looming large in the background with a New Mexican church to his left and a meso-American pyramid to his right.
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