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<b>Dayron González</b> <br>
La Última Marcha #6 <br>
(<i>The Last March #6</i>), 2012<br>
mixed media on canvas<br>
60 x 23 ¾ inches
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“<i>La Última Marcha #6</i> is to me the most devastating of this young artist’s recent works. It is a large vertical canvas executed in painterly abandon. Thousands of pioneros fill what looks like Havana’s Plaza de la Revolución. The children are kept within the space by two enormous walls on each side. In the far off background, a platform is visible. Speeches are probably being given. The sky – a violent mix of orange, white and pale blue – agitates the upper half of the painting, while the lower half is filled with pioneros who seem to be kept in by the walls. It appears to be raining, and the mass of uniformed children resemble a herd of penned-in cattle.”
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Alejandro Anreus, Ph.D., <i>Against Utopia: The Paintings of Dayron González</i>, excerpt from Dayron González’ catalogue essay for his upcoming one person exhibition, <i>The Children of My Class</i>, October – November 2012 at <i>Cernuda</i> Arte.

Dayron González
La Última Marcha #6
(The Last March #6), 2012
mixed media on canvas
60 x 23 ¾ inches

“La Última Marcha #6 is to me the most devastating of this young artist’s recent works. It is a large vertical canvas executed in painterly abandon. Thousands of pioneros fill what looks like Havana’s Plaza de la Revolución. The children are kept within the space by two enormous walls on each side. In the far off background, a platform is visible. Speeches are probably being given. The sky – a violent mix of orange, white and pale blue – agitates the upper half of the painting, while the lower half is filled with pioneros who seem to be kept in by the walls. It appears to be raining, and the mass of uniformed children resemble a herd of penned-in cattle.”

Alejandro Anreus, Ph.D., Against Utopia: The Paintings of Dayron González, excerpt from Dayron González’ catalogue essay for his upcoming one person exhibition, The Children of My Class, October – November 2012 at Cernuda Arte.

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