from The Cave of Lascaux – The Final Photographic Record
The Great Black Aurochs
The Great Black Aurochs
Bulls have held a place of significance in human culture since before the beginning of recorded history. They appear in cave paintings estimated to be up to 17,000 years old. (…) Symbolically, the bull appears commonly in heraldry and, in modern times, as a mascot for both amateur and professional sports teams. (Bull, Significance in human culture, Wikipedia)
Amenazado
My work alludes to stories within stories, which are extracted from my life experiences, my surroundings as well as from figments of my imagination.
Bulls are connected to my experience of growing up in Spain. I am attracted to them because on some level it reflects the discrepancies and dualities of humanity, the instinct of survival, the grace and strength of the animal, the power struggle and battle between man and beast, and their sublime antagonism.
Bulls are connected to my experience of growing up in Spain. I am attracted to them because on some level it reflects the discrepancies and dualities of humanity, the instinct of survival, the grace and strength of the animal, the power struggle and battle between man and beast, and their sublime antagonism.
Arcano
Bravo
Derrotado
The family
Bull drawing 12
Comunion
Bull drawing 10
Bull drawing 5
Corrida
Solitario
Tranquilo
Abstracto
Dulce
I Taught My Bull Poem
I taught my bull to read and write
He reads and writes every day
He says he likes to read but not to write
In some silly old fashioned way
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