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INFINITAS GRACIAS

Contemporary Mexican Votive Painting

by Alfredo Vilchis Roque Photographs by Pierre Schwartz Foreword by Victoire and Herve Di Rosa

Infinitas Gracias is the first collection of the work of Alfredo Vilchis Roque, one of Mexico's most famous contemporary painters, and his sons. In the tradition of Catholic votives, each painting tells a miraculous tale and gives thanks to the intervening saint. Ablaze with intense color hearkening back to the natural pigment dyes of ancient Mexico, these works portray the kaleidoscope of issues that constitute modern urban existence. With over 200 paintings, from circus adventures to household accidents to adultery, drugs, and prostitution, IInfinitas GraciasI weaves together a bizarre tapestry of stories, some disturbing, some comical -- all unerringly wrought and profoundly touching.