ROUND
TRIP: ART FROM THE BONEYARD PROJECT
Contemporary Artists Re-Animate Military Aircraft
Curated by Carlo McCormick, Eric Firestone, and Scott Marchand
Participating Artist Shepard Fairey, Nunca, Richard Prince, Kenny Scharf,
and many more.
January 28 - May 31, 2012 / Reception: January 28, 6-11pm
Pima Air And Space Museum
Time-lapse
film, Diaz and Valencia paint a cluster bomb
Produced and Directed by David Olsen
Daniel
Martin Diaz was given the unique experience of painting a Vietnam
Era Cluster Bomb, which he chose as his canvas, for Round Trip: Art
From The Boneyard Project. This original, life-size piece is a stunning
representation of the themes that Diaz brings to his paintings. When
I stood the bomb up in my studio I realized how beautiful, quiet,
and graceful it was. Then I started to think about the psychologicl
aspects and the danger that comes to mind when we see one. With these
concepts, I set out to create a piece that encompasses the duality
of good and evil that we, as a society have battled with throughout
history. A film by David Olsen documenting the creative process
and time-lapse painting of the bomb with interviews from Daniel Martin
Diaz, Paula Catherine Valencia, curators Carlo McCormick and Eric
Firestone, and Scott Marchand, Director of Collections and Aircraft
Restoration at Pima Air & Space Museum is forth coming.
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NEW
RELEASE ANATOMY OF SORROW
By Daniel Martin Diaz, Forward by Billy Shire
$35.00
Paintings & Drawings Created Between 2007-2011 ISBN:
9780867197686
Format: Cloth Cover
Publisher: Last Gasp and La Luz De Jesus Press
Pages:128
Anatomy
of Sorrow is the latest monograph by
prolific and influential artist Daniel Martin Diaz, exploring a new depth
of symbolism, mysticism and surreal iconography depicted in paintings,
drawings and prints. Drawing from old masters Jan van Eyck, Pieter
Bruegel and Hieronymus Bosch - both in subject matter and in the
ancient egg tempera and resin oil painting technique - the works
of self-taught artist Daniel Martin Diaz possess a sincerity that
foregrounds his deep devotion to revealing a higher meaning.
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MYSTERIUM FIDEI
By Daniel Martin Diaz,
Art Historian Gloria Fraser Giffords
$35.00
Paintings & Drawings Created Between 1999-2006 ISBN-10:
0867196882
Format: Cloth Cover
Publisher: Last Gasp and La Luz De Jesus Press
Pages:128
"A
modern Visionary explores the power of mysticism, symbolism, and faith
using ancient techniques."
In this collection of oil paintings, drawings, and prints, created between 1999-2006, Diaz contemplates the vast amount of human suffering
and one's undying faith in the after-life. His mystical imagery reflects
the influences of Byzantine Iconography, Retabalos, Ex Votos, The Illuminati,
Ephemera, Alchemy, and 16th Century Anatomical Engravings. These powerful
images are accompanied by a forward by Author, Art Historian, and Conservationist,
Gloria Fraser Giffords, and an in-depth essay by Author, Professor, and
Curator of Ethnohistory, Michael M. Brescia, Ph.D.
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