
Unititled (Head with Fuchsia), 2001
Salomón Huerta (American, b. Mexico 1965)
Color aquatint with drypoint, scrape, and burnish, 11 13/16 x 11 5/8 in.
Purchased through the Legler Benbough Student Acquisition Fund by Mohammed
Alasim, Mohammed Almutawa, Marisa Hanson, Sarah Kushner, and Ava Taulere, PC2019.05.01

Untitled (Head with Chartreuse), 2001
Salomón Huerta (American, b. Mexico 1965)
Color aquatint with drypoint, scrape, and burnish, 12 x 11 5/8 in.
Purchased through the Legler Benbough Student Acquisition Fund by Mohammed
Alasim, Mohammed Almutawa, Marisa Hanson, Sarah Kushner, and Ava Taulere, PC2019.05.02
Salomón Huerta is a painter and printmaker born in the neighborhood Colonia Libertad in Tijuana, Mexico in 1965. Huerta is best known for the vibrant prints he created for Heads, Figures, and Houses series which provides images of Latinos that are not ghettoized. Untitled (Head) exhibits Huerta’s departure from traditional forms of portraiture and confronts the viewer with the subject’s anonymity. By denying the viewer the subject's eyes, Huerta denies an emotional connection and makes the viewer aware of the tension this relationship creates. At the same time, his minimalist renderings of tract housing employ geometric shapes and monochrome colors to transform suburban homes into homogeneous emblems of the American Dream. Huerta’s work was included in the 2000 Whitney Biennial and has been collected by many major museums and collections in the United States, Mexico, and Europe.
Salomón Huerta es un pintor y grabador nacido en la Colonia Libertad en Tijuana, México en 1965. Huerta es mejor conocido por los vibrantes grabados y óleos que creó para la serie Cabezas, Figuras y Casas, la cual proporciona imágenes de latinos que no están en el gueto. Untitled (Head) exhibe el característico rechazo de Huerta de emplear los principios y las formas tradicionales del retratado y confronta al espectador con el anonimato del sujeto. Al negarle al espectador los ojos del sujeto, Huerta niega una conexión emocional y hace consciente al espectador de la tensión que crea esta relación. Al mismo tiempo, sus representaciones minimalistas de viviendas utilizan formas geométricas y colores monocromáticos para transformar hogares suburbanos en emblemas homogéneos del sueño americano. El trabajo de Huerta se incluyó en la Bienal Whitney de 2000 y ha sido recopilado por museos y colecciones en los Estados Unidos, México y Europa.
Untitled (Pink House), 2001
Salomón Huerta (American, b. Mexico 1965)
Color aquatint and softground etching drypoint, scrape, and burnish, 14 x 13 7/8 in.
Purchased through the Legler Benbough Student Acquisition Fund by Mohammed
Alasim, Mohammed Almutawa, Marisa Hanson, Sarah Kushner, and Ava Taulere, PC2019.05.03
Untitled (Orange House), 2001
Salomón Huerta (American, b. Mexico 1965)
Color aquatint and softground etching drypoint, scrape, and burnish, 14 x 13 7/8 in.
Purchased through the Legler Benbough Student Acquisition Fund by Mohammed
Alasim, Mohammed Almutawa, Marisa Hanson, Sarah Kushner, and Ava Taulere, PC2019.05.04
