Cold War

Original painting by Alvaro Naddeo
Created in 2020
Painting dimensions: 14 × 20 inches
Framed dimensions: 17 × 23 inches

"Cold War is a visual metaphor for the crossfire that trapped Latin America. In this structure, the eagle represents the United States and the red star the Soviet Union. Under the weight of this conflict between superpowers, the region suffered the imposition of military dictatorships instead of legitimately elected democracies. It is an image of fragile sovereignty, barely supported by a shopping cart carrying the remains of someone else’s history." A.N.