Crash in Phthalo Green

© The Carlos Almaraz Estate
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Crash in Phthalo Green

Mexico, active United States, 1984
Paintings
Oil on canvas
42 x 72 in. (106.68 x 182.88 cm)
Gift of the 1992 Collectors Committee (AC1992.136.1)
Contemporary Art
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

The abstracted yet kinetic forms in his canvas depict a spectacular high-speed fiery car crash on a Los Angeles freeway under a seductively radiant California sky....
The abstracted yet kinetic forms in his canvas depict a spectacular high-speed fiery car crash on a Los Angeles freeway under a seductively radiant California sky. In his iconic image of car culture in Southern California, Almaraz probes the unsettling psychology of the innate human fascination with images of catastrophe and violence.
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Bibliography

  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1992,  vol. 29-30, no. 12-1 (December, 1991-January, 1993).
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1993,  vol. 31, no. 1-11 (January-November, 1993).
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1992,  vol. 29-30, no. 12-1 (December, 1991-January, 1993).
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1993,  vol. 31, no. 1-11 (January-November, 1993).
  • Fox, Howard N. Playing with Fire: Paintings by Carlos Almaraz. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2017.
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