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1949年　　名古屋市に生まれる

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国画会会員

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国画会会友

行動美術協会会員

日本美術家連盟会員、新世紀美術協会準会員、鹿光会会員

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柏原ビエンアーレ作家会所属、日韓現代美術作家会所属

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タイ、ナショナルアーテイスト

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Artist Statement - Larry Cwik - The Visitor Series, 30 Years Photographing Mexico

The work in this series results from a cumulative total of six months spent photographing for this project in Mexico.  I have visited annually since 1983 and gone to a different large city in Mexico each year.  During the 30 years in the project I have walked an estimated total of 900 miles through the streets of Mexican cities looking for images, often walking ten or more miles daily.  The images and scenes that I capture are often mysterious, simple yet enigmatic.  I look for the magical scene that can be discovered by chance.  As I speak Spanish, I can interact with the Mexican people without hindrance.  My concept has been to let my subconscious influence where and when I photograph and allow the culture to assimilate into me.

I first visited Mexico briefly as a teenager, in 1977.  It was the first developing nation I visited. Though I have since traveled widely nationally and internationally to both developing and developed nations, I keep returning to visit Mexico and am entranced by it. 

In April 2011, I experienced an example of one of the strong traditions and customs of Mexico when I unexpectedly, on returning from photographing in a different part of the city of Toluca, Mexico, encountered a Procession of Silence on the evening of Good Friday.  This had dozens of blocks of thousands of marchers either proceeding in silence or with simple drumming with religious icons, capes, and lanterns down the two most important  main streets of Toluca  in front of an amazingly quiet and respectful crowd of tens of thousands of people.  The solemnity and beauty of the custom mesmerized and transfixed me and I captured some of the scenes in my images. 

Lastly, one other facet of my work for 30 years in Mexico is its diverse nature of scenes and unusual juxtapositions.  Andre Breton, a founder of surrealism, said that Mexico is “the surrealist place par excellence,” and I agree.  Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo also commented on the surreal nature of Mexico.  

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