Hi-Fructose Volume 35

April 2015 Issue

The golden figure in "Arawak" is large, both in size – the canvas is 40” x 30” – and presence.  Powerful, energetic sweeps of yellow and umber paint connect the bold geometry that comprises his body.  He is muscular, with neck and shoulders as large as a bull’s. His white, unblinking eyes stare out of the canvas unwavering but concerned.  The rounded outline of his body suggests a space suit of organic and futuristic design, leaving the impression that "Arawak" might be an astronaut, a sojourner, a brave man stepping into a strange land.

Sojourners are not uncommon in Doze Green’s work, whether they’re depicted in large-scale murals – like those in Sao Paulo, Brazil and Las Vegas, Nevada, which teem with men, women, gods, beasts, and alphabets both domestic and interdimensional – or whether they take form of a more personal tribute to those people from Green’s past who once traversed the boroughs of New York, bringing life to the streets. —Silke Tudor

* Full article appears in the April 2015 issue of Hi-Fructose Magazine

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