{"product_id":"manuel-mendive-b-1944-untitled-1999","title":"MANUEL MENDIVE (b. 1944) – Untitled, 1999","description":"Executed in 1999, this intimate mixed-media composition by Manuel Mendive is an excellent example of the artist’s unmistakable visual language, inspired by Afro-Cuban spirituality, Yoruba cosmology, and the relationship between humanity and nature.\n\nAlthough modest in scale, the work possesses the symbolic strength characteristic of Mendive’s mature production. Two elongated anthropomorphic figures stand beside a stylized plant while a large black bird dominates the composition. The simplified forms, expressive contours, and earthy palette evoke ancestral narratives in which human beings, animals, and nature coexist within the same spiritual universe.\n\nRather than describing literal events, Mendive creates symbolic images that function as metaphors for transformation, protection, communication with the spiritual world, and the continuity of life. Birds frequently appear throughout his work as messengers between the earthly and supernatural realms, while plants symbolize fertility, healing, and the sacred forces of nature.\n\nThe economy of line and color demonstrates Mendive’s remarkable ability to communicate profound spiritual concepts through deceptively simple forms. Even in works on paper of this scale, the artist maintains the poetic intensity and visual authority that have made his work internationally recognized.","brand":"Private Collection.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44138914644033,"sku":null,"price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/2140\/6785\/files\/manuel-mendive-b-1944-untitled-1999-2122372.jpg?v=1783912566","url":"https:\/\/delamoart.com\/products\/manuel-mendive-b-1944-untitled-1999","provider":"Del Amo Art Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}