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The Chicken or the Egg

Jose H. Alvarenga
Ugallery 5345199251 UGallery

Oil painting on Composite board New

Natural wood edges

Varnished and Ready to frame

One-of-a-kind

Signed on front

2023

9" h x 12" w x .25" d |0 lbs. 6 oz.

In stock $600

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Artist Jose H. Alvarenga presents a still-life of a toy block with a chicken doodle next to an egg. He creates a playful take on the divisive mystery of the chicken and the egg. Jose adds a piece of yellow sticky note paper to the composition, stuck on the box with a big question mark and some theory formulas crossed out. "It's not Einstein's theory of relativity, neither it's Newton's gravity theory," says Jose. "Which one could it be?"
Artist

Jose H. Alvarenga

San Salvador, El Salvador

Jose’s soft still life paintings are like visual puns. He creates relationships between objects that evoke both amusement and contemplation in the viewer. By devising a clever dialogue between objects, Jose turns a still life into a story. Jose utilizes a classical realist style with a gentle nod to surrealism through his unique subject selections. He is inspired by everyday objects, particularly those with a quality of nostalgia, memory, or humor. Jose paints out of his Los Angeles area apartment, where he also enjoys playing the keyboard and reading art books.

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Jose H. Alvarenga 12/12/2020 | 2:10 AM

Thank you so so much for buying my painting!!! It´s an honor for me to know that you have liked my joker painting since you first saw it and that you´ve been following me for a long while..it means so much to me and it inspires me to keeep painting and creating wonderful and memorable paintings like my joker painting. Look at my joker stance..he shows lots of confidence and optimism..he´s there to entertain, to be playful, make you feel good and make you smile and remind you that laughter and joyfulness are the best medicines!

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E Ramage purchased this artwork. style="color: #000000;"12/10/2020 | 11:09 AM

I fell in love with this piece the first time I saw it and have been following Jose’s work at ugallery for a long while. In this time when so many artists are struggling, we decided to finally purchase this now. It brings me pleasure every day.

Jose H. Alvarenga 8/21/2018 | 11:02 PM

No, that´s not me..it´s an interesting coincidence, but I don´t know how to do sculptures only paintings. I was only 9 years old in 1983 :-)

S Meehan style="color: #000000;"8/21/2018 | 12:54 PM

Do you by any chance do sculptures too? We have a Scales of Justice sculpture done in 1983 and it says H.Alvarenga on it

S Meehan style="color: #000000;"8/21/2018 | 12:53 PM

Scales of Justice

  • I fell in love with this piece the first time I saw it and have been following Jose’s work at ugallery for a long while. In this time when so many artists are struggling, we decided to finally purchase this now. It brings me pleasure every day.

    - E Ramage

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