CARME CENTER. Museum, 2
Edel Rodriguez came to the United States from Cuba in 1980 aboard the Nature Boy ship with more migrants marielitos to become one of the most notable graphic artists of recent years in his adopted country. He has been placed in the spotlight for his cover illustrations for major magazines such as Time y The mirror parodying and criticizing the egomaniacal former Republican president Donald Trump, precursor of theAmerica first” which reads on the cover of the German publication along with a drawing of Trump who has severed the head of the Statue of Liberty. One legislature later, The cover was of Joe Biden standing on a stool to restore the decapitated head of the monument under the phrase “Make America great again”, another of the slogans of the Trumpism. These are two of the illustrations that are exhibited in the Center del Carme exhibition Edel Rodriguez. agent orange, full of flat silhouetted drawings in striking colors, especially orange, who represent an always vociferous and furious Donald Trump, on fire or melting. No expression on face, but tremendously expressive in the forms. Rodríguez simply and harshly criticizes the most controversial measures of the former president, such as the separation of migrant children from their parents at the Mexican border, his tacit support for white supremacists or his dalliances with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. And despite the harshness of the messages, humor inevitably sneaks in, in an illustration where it is a pussy the one who grabs the president-tycoon (in reference to his comments about what he could do with women because he was famous), or in another where it states that a well-chosen abortion could have prevented the birth of the aforementioned. The artist models Trump's face in a thousand and one ways, transforms into giant wave that sweeps Washington, in a tennis ball that peels like a potato, implying that it has many layers, or in cursing tentacles., how it happens to the politicians of the wonderful comic The Day 3 by Cristina Durán. Edel's goal, always, It is communicating clearly and teaches us that it can be done with schematic but effective forms and simple messages.. An orange ball with a yellow roof and an open mouth is Donald Trump, no more needed, We all identify it instantly and it is more effective than a thousand well-written and argued articles.. AU
