Ark-Ives: A Shrine I made for a friend

I made this Shrine for my good friend Mauricio.
I like the idea that the virgin Mary would not like Tom Brady! haha!
But its not about that... Its more a shrine dedicated to my friends Multiple Churches. when I say "Church" I mean anything that a person is passionately dedicated to or a follower of.  This is based off of the shrines for the dead that you see in latin households sometimes. My friend is not dead... this shrine is to protect the important things in his life.
It's about the Sacred and the Mundane.  How a football team can somehow occupy a sacred place in ones life alongside family and The Red Hot Chilly Peppers, and the Virgin Mary.
I created this in one night with possessed hand that operated on their own sometimes.
When the Muse calls you have to listen...
Surf the creative energy and be surprised where it takes you. I have to give props to my late cousin Chris Corcovelos for the style... He used to make these amazing collages with a mixture of Heavy metal mags, porno mags, and horror movie mags!  They were amazing!  But he would always destroy them not long after he created them...

Notice the Dolphins Helmet on the Cherub on the top, as well as the Jets helmet in the pit with Tom Brady.
I put some Chicano art stuff on the bottom left side, even though he is Colombian not mexican... Brown is still Brown. And the Zapata pin is just to represent my friends rebel spirit.
Upper left hand corner has a Pin that I got in South Africa when we went to work with kids in the townships outside of Port Elizabeth.(Teaching self empowerment through the arts)  That was my favorite Pin.  I like the AIDS solidarity ribbon in it.  Mauricio and his wife Cindy are on the bottom corners, almost as if in the foreground, and the epic-ness is happening in the background. His family is scattered around the upper heavenly top part.

Stay posted for more Ark-Ives  of old art experiments.

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