Caballo de Aminta (Aminta's Horse)

Felix Angel

An early lithograph by Columbian born artist and curator, Felix Angel. This was printed at Editions Press in 1982 and was co-published by Editions Press, San Francico (chop, lower left) & Marvin Moss Gallery, San Francisco.

In this large color lithograph by Felix Angel, the artist fills the paper with a large race horse, and a jockey squeezed onto its back.

Angel shows the power of the horse in its body, reducing the proportion for its neck and head, its tongue hanging out. The jockey is difficult to discern, bent forward, hidden in a fog. He could be easily tossed out of the picture if the horse wished.

In 2000, Eduardo Hernández, Curator, Museum of Modern Art of Cartagena de Indias noted “…horse images are the vehicles of his highly expressive, emotionally charged style. Energy-laden strokes around the forms, defining them and their adjoining spaces, while conveying at once a sense of power and scale related to, but beyond, the life forms his imagery represents. Remarkable craftsmanship and expressive control are strong characteristics of Angel's work. Color is important and tasteful, while lending full support to the dominating forms…”