Pocket Full of Posies (2018)

Pocket Full of Posies

June 16 - September 23, 2018

Frye Art Museum

Images courtesy of the Frye Art Museum, Seattle. Photos: Mark Woods

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Aranda’s recent work draws on his family history and particularities of his childhood that speak to broader cultural themes. The mass-produced art that his mother purchased but never removed from its corrugated cardboard protectors, for instance, appear in Aranda’s work as subtle markers of social aspiration and personal economies of value. For his exhibition at Frye Art Museum—Aranda’s first in a museum setting—the artist continues this line of inquiry and presents a new body of work that explores the ways in which common objects and imported products become emblems of dual cultural identity.

Works Exhibited

Pocket Full of Posies (Works Exhibited)
Birds of a Feather, 2018 Bronze, Coated Cable 23 x 7 x 11 in Image courtesy of the Frye Art Museum, Seattle. Photo: Mark Woods Details >

Birds of a Feather, 2018

Bronze, Coated Cable

23 x 7 x 11 in

Image courtesy of the Frye Art Museum, Seattle. Photo: Mark Woods

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If You are Reading This it’s Too Late (After Christopher Wool), 2018 House Paint on Canvas 75 x 55 x 2 in Image courtesy of the Frye Art Museum, Seattle. Photo: Mark Woods

If You are Reading This it’s Too Late (After Christopher Wool), 2018

House Paint on Canvas

75 x 55 x 2 in

Image courtesy of the Frye Art Museum, Seattle. Photo: Mark Woods

America (El Dia que Llego la Llorona), 2018 Cast Acrylic, Wax, Wick 74.25 x 17 x 17 in Image courtesy of the Frye Art Museum, Seattle. Photo: Mark Woods

America (El Dia que Llego la Llorona), 2018

Cast Acrylic, Wax, Wick

74.25 x 17 x 17 in

Image courtesy of the Frye Art Museum, Seattle. Photo: Mark Woods

Terracotta Posey Still Life (La Maceta), 2018 Bronze, Acrylic Polyurethane, Black Cotton Velveteen, Mouliné Stranded Cotton, Corrugated Cardboard Corners 60 x 40 x 2 in Image courtesy of the Frye Art Museum, Seattle. Photo: Mark Woods

Terracotta Posey Still Life (La Maceta), 2018

Bronze, Acrylic Polyurethane, Black Cotton Velveteen, Mouliné Stranded Cotton, Corrugated Cardboard Corners

60 x 40 x 2 in

Image courtesy of the Frye Art Museum, Seattle. Photo: Mark Woods

Beauty In the Age of Innocence (A Silver Lining Stranglehold), 2015 Dutch Boy House Paint on Pendleton Wool Serape, Gingham Table Cloth, Black Walnut, Stainless Steel 108 x 24 x 12 in Photo: Jenna Gard Details >

Beauty In the Age of Innocence (A Silver Lining Stranglehold), 2015

Dutch Boy House Paint on Pendleton Wool Serape, Gingham Table Cloth, Black Walnut, Stainless Steel

108 x 24 x 12 in

Photo: Jenna Gard

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We Shall Meet in the Place Where There is no Darkness (Jaguar), 2017 Bronze, Black Cotton Velveteen, Mouliné Stranded Cotton, Corrugated Cardboard Frame 56.25 x 70.25 in Photo: Tara J Graves Details >

We Shall Meet in the Place Where There is no Darkness (Jaguar), 2017

Bronze, Black Cotton Velveteen, Mouliné Stranded Cotton, Corrugated Cardboard Frame

56.25 x 70.25 in

Photo: Tara J Graves

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Lay Me Down in a Bed of Roses (When I'm Gone), 2017 Oxford Pima Cotton Woven Shirting, Mouliné Stranded Cotton, Ash Frame 61.5 x 115.5 in - United States Government Specification Burial Flag Dimensions (G-spec) Photo: Tara J Graves Details

Lay Me Down in a Bed of Roses (When I'm Gone), 2017

Oxford Pima Cotton Woven Shirting, Mouliné Stranded Cotton, Ash Frame

61.5 x 115.5 in - United States Government Specification Burial Flag Dimensions (G-spec)

Photo: Tara J Graves

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Kings Are Killed, Politics is Power (Good Night and Good Luck), 2018 Bronze, Image Transfer on Birch Panel 55.25 x 46 x 2 in Image courtesy of the Frye Art Museum, Seattle. Photo: Mark Woods

Kings Are Killed, Politics is Power (Good Night and Good Luck), 2018

Bronze, Image Transfer on Birch Panel

55.25 x 46 x 2 in

Image courtesy of the Frye Art Museum, Seattle. Photo: Mark Woods

Carry Yourself with the Confidence of Mediocre White Man (Mar-a-Lago), 2017 Bronze, Etched Mirror, Corrugated Cardboard Frame 68 x 54 x 2 in Photo: Jenna Gard

Carry Yourself with the Confidence of Mediocre White Man (Mar-a-Lago), 2017

Bronze, Etched Mirror, Corrugated Cardboard Frame

68 x 54 x 2 in

Photo: Jenna Gard

Hasta la Proxima (Erase Me), 2018 Image Transfer on Gypsum Board, Black Walnut, Oil Stick on Paper 60 x 40 x 3 in Image courtesy of the Frye Art Museum, Seattle. Photo: Mark Woods

Hasta la Proxima (Erase Me), 2018

Image Transfer on Gypsum Board, Black Walnut, Oil Stick on Paper

60 x 40 x 3 in

Image courtesy of the Frye Art Museum, Seattle. Photo: Mark Woods