David Antonio Cruz
you'renotbymyside_won'tyouremember?, 2024
ink, flashe, and wax pencil on watercolor paper
77 1/4 x 56 5/8 in (framed)
196.2 x 143.8 cm
72 x 52 in (artwork)
182.9 x 132.1 cm
196.2 x 143.8 cm
72 x 52 in (artwork)
182.9 x 132.1 cm
The drawing is multi-layered: the light grey motif outlines the countryside of Puerto Rico based on the artist's memories of his grandparents' land; the dark grey layer offers a silhouette...
The drawing is multi-layered: the light grey motif outlines the countryside of Puerto Rico based on the artist's memories of his grandparents' land; the dark grey layer offers a silhouette of dry olive trees in northern Spain. A drawing of a ceiba tree with limb-like branches covers the surface of the drawing, creating a fence or cage-like environment with only one way out—at the top. Unlike the previous drawings, the layers are flipped, and the wax lines are beneath the gray foliage's silhouettes, shifting the viewer's perspective from the exterior to the interior of the drawing looking out.