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Stuck in the Key of C/Atrapado en la Tecla de C (from Dreaming in Reverse/Soñando Hacia Atrás)
Stuck in the Key of C/Atrapado en la Tecla de C (from Dreaming in Reverse/Soñando Hacia Atrás)
Stuck in the Key of C/Atrapado en la Tecla de C (from Dreaming in Reverse/Soñando Hacia Atrás)

Stuck in the Key of C/Atrapado en la Tecla de C (from Dreaming in Reverse/Soñando Hacia Atrás)

Artist (American, born 1957)
Date2010 (printed 2011)
Mediumpigment print
DimensionsImage: 6 3/4 × 7 7/8 in. (17.1 × 20 cm)
Support: 13 7/8 × 11 in. (35.2 × 27.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Dennis Cormier, 2012
Object number2012.15.4
DescriptionA young girl, a golden colored dog, and an upright piano dominate the foreground of an outdoor scene. The dog reclines with his back to the viewer, while the girl stands on the right side of the piano gazing at the dog. The background has a lush grove of green trees, a brown clouded sky, a long dirt road, and a stone wall.
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The artist traveled extensively in Mexico twenty-five years ago and was attracted to the “sense of spirituality and magic” he experienced there. Upon returning in 2010, he found it much changed by global consumerism and made this body of work to express his appreciation for the Mexican culture he had encountered earlier and his concern over its apparent eclipse. His style in these images draws on the literary model of Magical Realism in which fantastical elements are mixed with recognizable everyday elements.
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