MEXICAN ARTIST SALVADOR DIAZ ON DEATH, FANTASY, AND THE COLOR RED

The Mexican artist Salvador Diaz has gained international recognition with his three series: “Album de Familia,” “Diarios de Viaje y Desplazamiento,” and “Periodicos.” The world that he creates through this intelligent use of words and pictures is full of messages, some quite subtle and some very obvious, but more importantly, all true to his belief that art captures time. Through the art of Salvador Diaz, as in his series "Periodicos" where newspapers are canvases, we have a temporary sensation in the headlines of a newspaper, a medium which presents old news as soon as it’s published, immortalized in the collective memory of society through the painting for which it serves as a canvas. In the following, Salvador comments on five selected pieces which he discussed with Laura Scheriau, The Mantle’s Arts & Culture editor.