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The works of Jigger Cruz exist on two different planes. On top and the most obvious is his demarcation. Various layers of paint, some seemingly squeezed straight out of the tube, cover the canvas. It is a three-dimensional element added to the picture, a sensation done by none other. This layer is the dominant one, the one viewers almost always see first and foremost. However, look closely and one might see it is only a mask – a fantastic mask but a mask nonetheless. Beneath the paint and patterns is a painting done in the classical method. Though the viewer cannot fully see it, their eyes and their mind could fill in the blanks.

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This piece echoes that classic Cruz painting, even down to the dilapidated and torn frame. Taking up the majority of the space are overlapping layers of paint streaks squeezed directly from the tube, all in different colors and sizes. Squiggly lines, circles, swooping curves, and even scrapes of oil paint cover the painting but the artwork beneath is recognizable even if it isn’t fully shown. In shades of lovely blues and cool greens, one can discern a skyline and, at the bottom of the canvas, a peaceful sea, its current soft and serene.

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Perhaps the effects of Cruz’s works is this quote from Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay in his 2015 essay A Mark from the Periphery: “Faced with the layers of paint and meaning that tremor and undulate in Cruz’s works, the spectator is invited to question which parts of the painting are above, and which are below.” That is how Cruz creates lasting and impactful works – by conflating the eyes and the mind of what is vandalism and what is art. Is it the literal scribbles on top of a painting or is the painting below? How come the Western art style encroaches even the furthest corner of the world, so much so that one finds it even in the barest of places?

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The meaning-making of Cruz’s canvas is both conceptual and physical – decidedly performative in his art, Cruz creates “loud” paintings, both in the aggressive and full-bodied way he makes them and the message it carries. Even then, the duality of his paintings prevails as he creates a veritable feast for the eyes and the mind.

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