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viernes, 1 de febrero de 2008
INTERVIEW WITH LONG BEACH VIEW MAGAZINE
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ENRIQUE CHIU
Enrique ChiuEnrique Chiu is Gardea’s neighbor with a 2,000- square-foot studio above Utopia Restaurant at the corner of First and Linden. At the top of his stairs is a 1897 piano, above which is “Flamenco,” a painting of flamenco, tango, and salsa dancing, complete with his signature guitar. To its right is “La Loca,” a large canvas with mannequin parts and wild, red hair emerging from the paint.Chiu’s colors are bold—a Mayan priest who for the uninitiated appears to be a blue angel with black, red-tipped wings. “He’s in anguish or ecstasy,” Chiu says. “He’s trying to express it, but cannot.”Chiu is creating work for a February show about Mayans and neon. The novelty of such a marriage brings a spark to his eyes. But sure enough, all about his studio are paintings and sculptures of pre-Columbian...
