Magnetic Ion Storm Figure
Artist
Darren Vigil Gray
(American, Jicarilla Apache / Kiowa Apache, born 1959)
Date1994
Mediumacrylic and mixed media on canvs
DimensionsImage: 50 × 48 1/8 in. (127 × 122.2 cm)
Frame: 51 3/4 × 49 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (131.4 × 126.4 × 5.7 cm)
Frame: 51 3/4 × 49 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (131.4 × 126.4 × 5.7 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Bernard Pomerance, 2015
Object number2015.26.2
DescriptionAbstract work of mythic, male figure with nude torso; predominate colors of this painting are cream, orange, brown, blue and yellow shades; the dominate figure is a male figure with horns and beard; the figure is reminiscent of a Greek satyr or pan; to the viewer's left is a four legged horned figure resembling a goat; to the right is a black faced figure reminiscent of a Native American or African masked figure - referred to by artist as a supernatural, shape-shifter referred in Native American culture to as a "skin walker".On View
Not on view1986