Diego Romero, Don't Shoot Diego
Diego Romero
1964-
Cochiti Pueblo
Date
2015
Medium Specific
Lithograph
Edition / State
3/35
Classification
Print
Dimensions
18 3/4 x 16 in. (47.6 x 40.6 cm)Sheet: 25 x 22 in. (63.5 x 55.9 cm)
Accession Number
2019.25.20.43
Credit
Museum acquisition
Memo / Artist Statement
"Don't Shoot, Diego is a lithograph depicting a Spanish soldier dissuading Conquistador Diego de Vargas from firing at Pueblo women huddled in the doorway of a church. This is one of Romero's most powerful compositions. To the view steady enough to look into the faces of the women - their eyes wide with fear - the thickness of terror and torment evident in the image becomes nearly tangible. We can almost detect the faint scent of smoke trailing from the soldiers' rifles, almost hear the horses that surely stomp about in the background." Diaz, R., Cochiti Potter Diego Romero, First American Art Magazine, Winter 2015/16, No. 9: p.71.
Biography
Although he is best known as a ceramic artist, Diego Romero works in a variety of media, including drawings and prints. Usually, the drawings are studies for his spectacular bowls, the form Romero most often employs to express his ideas. A range of influences have shaped Diego Romero’s graphic style – Mimbres and Greek ceramics and comic book art.
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