Franco Mondini-Ruiz: High Pink, Tex-Mex Fairytales.
Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers/D. A. P
Published: 2005
Place of publication: S.l
Language: eng
Description: Stepping into Franco Mondini-Ruizs world, one would have to be very, very careful not to trip over his porcelain figurine collection. The Tejano artist creates intricate vignettes composed of a vast array of found objects and knickknacks such as costume jewelry, plastic cakes and treats, used ice-cream cups, miniature ceramic figurines, cigarette butts and much, much more. Some of his works toy with language to make witty one-liners about cultural biases. For example, in his.