LA TUMBA DE LA REINA ROJA

INTRODUCTION

The discovery of La Tumba De La Reina Roja (The Tomb of the Red Queen) in Palenque, Mexico in 1994 represented a major Mayan archeological find and inspired the first of Ricardo Mazal’s great Trilogy exploring human mortality and burial. Known as the “red queen” due to the fact that her remains were entombed in a sarcophagus filled with a powder of bright red cinnabar, she and her jungle surroundings rise again in Mazal’s brilliantly colorful abstractions. A perfect rectangle of red powdered pigment (Mazal’s first employment of installation elements) appeared on the floor in the center of the museums where this work was first exhibited.

PAINTINGS

Abril 15.05 2005 Oil on Linen 102 x 90 inches

PRIVATE COLLECTION PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

AH K’U NA 3 2006 Oil on Linen 98.5 x 150 inches
PRIVATE COLLECTION DENVER, COLORADO

AH K’U NA 4 2007 Oil on Linen 90 x 120 inches
PRIVATE COLLECTION NEW YORK CITY

Marzo 8.08 2008 Oil on Linen 55 x 110 inches
PRIVATE COLLECTION MEXICO CITY

Noche Transformada 1 2004 Oil on Linen 98.5 x 98.5 inches
PRIVATE COLLECTION MEXICO CITY

Noche Transformada 2 2004 Oil on Linen 98.5 x 98.5 inches
PRIVATE COLLECTION SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE

Noche Transformada 3 2004 Oil on Linen 98.5 x 98.5 inches
PRIVATE COLLECTION SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE

Noche Transformada 4 2006 Oil on Linen 172 x 172 inches
PRIVATE COLLECTION SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO

Rojo Malaquita 1 2004 Oil on Linen 98.5 x 98.5 inches
PRIVATE COLLECTION MEXICO CITY

Rojo Malaquita 7 2006 Oil on Linen 98.5 x 150 inches
PRIVATE COLLECTION SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA

Rojo Malaquita 8 2006 Oil on Linen 98.5 x 98.5 inches
PRIVATE COLLECTION

Rojo Malaquita 10 2006 Oil on Linen 98.5 x 98.5 inches
PRIVATE COLLECTION MEXICO CITY

Sofia en la Hamaca 2005 Oil on Linen 98.5 x 98.5 inches
PRIVATE COLLECTION DENVER, COLORADO

AH K’U NA 2 2004 Oil on Linen 98.5 x 150 inches
COLLECTION MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO MEXICO CITY

AH K’U NA 1 2004 Oil on Linen 96 x 130 inches
PRIVATE COLLECTION MEXICO CITY

Rojo Malaquita 3 2004 Oil on Linen 98.5 x 150 inches
COLLECTION BANCO DE MEXICO, MEXICO CITY

Rojo Malaquita 2 2004 Oil on Linen 98.5 x 98.5 inches
PRIVATE COLLECTION MEXICO CITY

PHOTOGRAPHS

Muro 1, 2004 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 42 x 41.5 inches
Muro 2, 2004 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 42 x 41.5 inches
Piedras 1, 2004 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 42 x 41.5 inchess
Selva 1, 2004 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 42 x 41.5 inches
Selva 2, 2004 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 42 x 41.5 inches
Selva de Noche 1, 2004 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 42 x 41.5 inches
Selva de Noche 2, 2004 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 42 x 41.5 inches
Selva de Noche 3, 2004 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 42 x 41.5 inches
Selva de Noche 4, 2004 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 42 x 41.5 inches
Templo 1, 2004 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 42 x 41.5 inches

Select works available for purchase from Santa Fe Editions.

MONOTYPES

Bolon, 2004 Printing Inks on Lanaquerelle Paper 32 x 29 inches
Buluk, 2004 Printing Inks on Lanaquerelle Paper 32 x 29 inches
Uaxac, 2004 Printing Inks on Lanaquerelle Paper 32 x 29 inches
Hun, 2004 Printing Inks on Lanaquerelle Paper 32 x 29 inches
Ho, 2004 Printing Inks on Lanaquerelle Paper 32 x 29 inches
Wak, 2004 Printing Inks on Lanaquerelle Paper 32 x 29 inches
Lahun, 2004 Printing Inks on Lanaquerelle Paper 32 x 29 inches
Uuk, 2004 Printing Inks on Lanaquerelle Paper 32 x 29 inches
Uaxac, 2004 Printing Inks on Lanaquerelle Paper 32 x 29 inches
Hun, 2012 2004 Printing Inks on Lanaquerelle Paper 32 x 29 inches

INSTALLATION VIEWS

VIDEOS

PUBLICATIONS

RICARDO MAZAL LA TUMBA DE LA REINA ROJA: FROM REALITY TO ABSTRACTION

Paintings, Photographs, Drawings & Installation

Authors: Elizabeth Ferrer & Arnoldo González Cruz

Introduction: Stuart Ashman

Publisher: Chiaroscuro Gallery and Fresco Fine Art Publications, LLC

Design and Production: Fresco Fine Art Publications, LLC

2004

12 x 10.5 inches

96 pages

55+ full color images

Hardcover: 0-9741023-8-5

PRESS

↓