the forest
Odenwald 1152 / 2007-2009
Odenwald 1152, the second series in Ricardo Mazal’s Trilogy, is a unique cemetery site in Germany’s Black Forest. The deceased’s ashes are buried at the base of a tree and allowed to nourish its roots. Whole families have plots here, and the concept of a peaceful reintegration of the physical body back into the natural world is beautifully realized. Mazal’s paintings in this series reflect the forest, the canopy of leaves and branches, and the strong verticals of tree trunks that he observed and photographed at the site. A meditation on mortality and the nature of natural cycles permeates these powerful paintings.
Pictured below is the tree gifted to Mazal by then mayor of Michelstadt, Germany.
Ricardo Mazal Photograph of OD 1152, 2007
photographs
Odenwald 1152 PH1, 2008 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 30 x 24 inches
Odenwald 1152 PH2, 2008 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 30 x 24 inches
Odenwald 1152 PH3, 2008 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 30 x 24 inches
Odenwald 1152 PH4, 2008 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 30 x 24 inches
Odenwald 1152 PH5, 2008 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 30 x 24 inches
Odenwald 1152 PH6, 2008 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 30 x 24 inches
Odenwald 1152 PH7, 2008 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 30 x 24 inches
Odenwald 1152 PH8, 2008 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 30 x 24 inches
Odenwald 1152 PH9, 2008 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 30 x 24 inches
Odenwald 1152 PH10, 2008 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 30 x 24 inches
Odenwald 1152 PH11, 2008 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 30 x 24 inches
Odenwald 1152 PH12, 2008 Pigment Ink Print on Paper 30 x 24 inches
ODENWALD 1152 at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York City, New York 2008
ODENWALD 1152 at the Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington D.C 2008
RICARDO MAZAL, PINTURA Y FOTOGRAFIA 1994-2009 at the Museo Abstracto Manuel Felguerez, Zacatecas, ZC 2010
Dwight Hackett Projects Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2008
RICARDO MAZAL, PINTURA Y FOTOGRAFIA 1994-2009 at the Museum of Art Queretaro, QRO, Mexico 2009
Odenwald 1152 No. 17, 2008 in Banco de Mexico Lobby
Artist in studio painting Odenwald 1152 No. 17, 2008 Oil on Linen 98.5 x 157.5 inches
selected works
"Odenwald 1152 No. 12" and "Odenwald 1152 No. 10" 2008 Oil on Linen 98.5 x 78 inches / 250 X 198 CM, PRIVATE COLLECTION CANDA AND HONG KONG
"Odenwald 1152 No. 8" 2008 Oil on Linen 78 x 120 inches / 198 X 305 CM, PRIVATE COLLECTION MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
"Odenwald 1152 No. 3" 2008 Oil on Linen 78 x 120 inches / 198 X 305 CM, PRIVATE COLLECTION SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
"Odenwald 1152 No. 23" 2008 Oil on Linen 78 x 33.5 inches / 198 X 85 CM, PRIVATE COLLECTION SANTA FE, NM
"Odenwald 1152 No. 18" 2008 Oil on Linen 98.5 x 157.5 inches / 250 X 400 CM, PRIVATE COLLECTION DENVER, COLORADO
"Odenwald 1152 No. 29" "Odenwald 1152 No. 19" "Odenwald 1152 No. 28" 2008 Oil on Linen 98.5 x 33 inches / 250 X 84 CM, PRIVATE COLLECTION GERMANY
"Enero 18.10" 2010 Oil on Linen 90 x 133 inches / 228.5 X 334 CM, PRIVATE COLLECTION
"Odenwald 1152 No. 22" and "Odenwald 1152 No. 21" 2008 Oil on Linen 73 x 33.5 inches / 198 X 85 CM
"Odenwald 1152 No. 5" 2008 Oil on Linen 78 x 120 inches / 198 X305 CM, PRIVATE COLLECTION
"Odenwald 1152 No. 17" 2008 Oil on Linen 98.5 x 157.5 inches / 250 X 400 CM, BANCO DE MEXICO COLLECTION