Xavier Gonzalez - Friendship #52 (c. 1975) Cape Cod filled with treasures of art

filled with treasures of art and wonders of the natural world

I use a bandsaw

Because the forms are more conceptual than real they reflect the ambiguous and evoke ambivalence triggering a longing for pleasure

boards get worn down

and cleaning agents may age the surface of the wood

Xavier Gonzalez - Friendship #52 (c. 1975) Cape Cod filled with treasures of artby Xavier Gonzalez, c. 1975 19" x 26" mixed media on paper, unframed Gonzalez studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the San Carlos Academy in Mexico City, the San Antonio Art School, and in Paris and the Far East. His works have been displayed throughout the United States including at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as in Paris, Venice, Brussels and Tokyo. He was Director of