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MaximinoJavierisheirtoalivingtraditionox1fartmakingbyvirtueox1fhisOaxacanrootsandhemakesimportantuseox1ftheserecognizablyregionalelementsthoughhisstyleandsourcesrangewidelybeyond.Javierhastwodistinctivelydix2erentpictorialstyles.Paradigmaticox1fthex1rstisCodeoftheCrocodileCdicedelcocodriloakindox1fcodeorhieroglyphicinwhichsymbolsstandx1forwordsarrangedlinguisticallypictographstyledirectrex1ferencestothepre-Columbiancodicesox1fMesoamerica.Javierx19sversionisastreamox1fconsciousnessoutfowingox1fimagerythatisbothlocalanduniquelytheproductox1ftheartistx19sownvisualvocabulary.Javierx19smorerepresentativestyleistraditionallyx1gurativeemployingrecognizablyOaxacaniconographywithallitsx1fantasticelementstoexpressnon-localanduniversallyhumanthemes.Creatingx1freelyhebeginswithnopreconceivedideainmind.Aseeminglyinsignix1cantdetailspontaneouslyradiatesouttothemarginsasheworkstobuildcomplexox1ftendenselypopulatedandenergeticcompositionsthatareworldsinthemselves.Occupyingahalx1fwayplacebetweenhistwostylesTheMagnateElMagnateisapictorialnarrativethatx1followsacircularlinguisticordercenteredonthex1gureox1fthemagnatehimselx1f.LikeaBrueghelsceneox1fpeasantlix1fein16thcenturyAntwerpJavierconjuresupthechaosox1fexistenceeverywhereandthroughalltimeviaOaxacawithitsparticularensembleox1fcharactersitsworklix1feandpartyatmosphere.LikeBrueghelJaviercommunicatesbothasenseox1ftheurgencyandthesignix1canceox1fordinarylix1fe.LucaMayacameox1fageinMexicoatatimewhenFridaKahlowasnotyetx1fullyrecognizedasanartistinherownrightapartx1fromthecelebrityox1fherhusbandDiegoRivera.Mayax19slithographicoutputatKyronredressesthisomissioncomprisingasitdoesadeeplyx1felthomagetoKahlothematicallyandstylisticallyherx1negraphicgix1ftsareskillx1fullyemployedinservicetoKahlox19spersonalcosmology.Thethreeportraitimagesox1fKahloinTheThreeFridasLastresFridasx1forexamplearedrawninKahlox19suniquestyleox1fselx1f-representationincludingthesymbolsox1fherpsychologicalandphysicalsux2eringtearsandbloodnecklacesox1fthornsherbodyanestox1frootsleavesandveins.Mayaisnotinterestedininventingherownpictoriallanguagerathershere-imaginesandextendsKahlox19siconographyandbiographicalobsessionsemblematicallysignalingakindox1fidentix1cationwithKahloasapowertobeacknowledgedandreckonedwithassheaMexicanwomanandartistmakesherowncreativewayintheslipstreamox1fhermuse.