{"product_id":"the-art-of-duddley-diaz","title":"The Art of Duddley Diaz","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver the last thirty years, the artist Duddley Diaz has created a powerful body of work that defies categorization, creating sculptures that challenge notions of identity, sexuality, culture, and history. Departing from the impersonal and rationalist aesthetic of academic art, Diaz's work daringly combines the values of classical Renaissance sculpture with atavistic sources of inspiration in the figures of ancient mythology and Christian liturgical art. Goddesses, owls, and angels populate his cosmology, hewn from clay and terracotta, wood, cast bronze, brass, silver, and ox bone. His artistic range is no less varied than interpretations of his work. Diaz's unique artistic cosmology has gifted us with characters and figures that serve as vessels of sacred and profound messages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is published on the occasion of the artist's mid-career retrospective titled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMessenger of the Gods\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e at the UP Jorge B. Vargas Museum. Written by noted art critic Alice Guillermo, it follows Diaz's development from his beginnings as a child prodigy, fashioning \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003esantos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e from sardine cans, to the enthroned goddesses of his maturity, culminating with his masterwork \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePinoy Creed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Vibal Foundation, Inc. in 2010\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e94 pages \/ Paperback\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archivo 1984","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56147655458889,"sku":null,"price":3500.0,"currency_code":"PHP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/8196\/8969\/files\/TheArtofDuddleyDiaz.jpg?v=1790502062","url":"https:\/\/archivo1984.com\/products\/the-art-of-duddley-diaz","provider":"Archivo 1984","version":"1.0","type":"link"}