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In honor of a White Christmas, which I am not experiencing today in Southern California, I'm sharing with you the collaborative artworks of artists Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz from their Traveler Series. Snowglobes and C-prints of snowglobes whose narratives at first appear charming, and then upon closer inspection are quite a bit twisted.
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above: "Travelers, 2000-2006", Snow Globes Mixed Media 9 x 6 x 6 inches each
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above: Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz, Travelers, 2001-2007
Installation view at PPOW Gallery, New York, 2003.
Photographic prints:
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See more here. And Merry Christmas!
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This is my second post on the wickedly wonderful work of Martin and Muñoz, be sure to see more of their snowdomes in my last post on here.