El Túnel

From the Artist

The tunnel, serving as a middle passage between thoughts and dreams, between one reality and the next, sets the scene for this surreal print. A mask-like face looms large as a river flows into the deep beyond. With eyes scattered within its large eyes and flame-like hair, the transparent apparition in the foreground appears to possess an all-seeing power that must be met on its own terms. Little crystal shapes travel upstream toward the black night as if to join the diamond-like points in the dark sky. Perhaps each little point represents a separate dream, thought, or soul floating out among the stars. 

La obra El Túnel es una especie de autorretrato, es una idea sobre la introspección y el aislamiento del ser humano.

(The work El Túnel is a kind of self-portrait, it is an idea about the introspection and isolation of the human being.)
_{–Brandywine Workshop and Archives records}

The tunnel, serving as a middle passage between thoughts and dreams, between one reality and the next, sets the scene for this surreal print . A mask-like face looms large as a river flows into the deep beyond. With eyes scattered within its large eyes and flame-like hair, the transparent apparition in the foreground appears to possess an all-seeing power that must be met on its own terms. Little crystal shapes travel upstream toward the black night, as if to join the diamond-like points in the dark sky. Perhaps each little point represents a separate dream, thought, or soul floating out among the stars. Ibrahim Miranda builds the image with strong black lines and shapes (ovals for the face and eyes, a triangle for the receding river). The tunnel’s repeated curving lines give a soft rhythm and depth to the print, while borders hold everything in place.