Art in America - Anthony Gaicolea - Essay Example

The concept, which Gaicolea’s art seems to display, is that of family and this was clearly shown during his exhibition to his ancestral homeland of Cuba when the multigenerational family portrait, named Night Sitting, was put on exhibition. This portrait conveys the past celebrations of various generations of a family and the photographs that have been used in it have been digitally modified to look like the subjects of this portrait are sorrowful. Most of Gaicolea’s work shows a great deal of ambition because he combines so many different elements, which make his work unique.

They tend to end up looking both mournful and magical but this outcome is not usually guaranteed because there are some pieces of his work, which have not turned out so well. In fact, some combinations Gaicolea has made evoke the feeling that they have been forced together and that it would have been better if the elements had been used separately.