1985 - 1989
Self Image: Reflection

Mixed Media
98" x 75"

Exaggerated cloze-focus and frozen action are reminiscent of snapshots, but the violent oppositions of complimentary colors and broken patterns of energetic brushwork obviously belong to the 80s, showing how in the last decade, expressionist fervor has triumphed over the impartial precision of photography. A similar energy conveyed by the giant collages of Gladys Triana but the mood is quite different. Through fragmentation, Triana’s pieces are much more abstract; their darker pallete evokes a pensive and introspective mood. They are reflective and deal with internal psychological states rather than outside outward displays of emotions.

John Stringer
Director Visual Arts American Society Nov. 1987