Like the website that hosts it, this blog is only concerned with using art and brief texts to uncover the bias and other limitations of thought conditioned by memory and tradition, thus also revealing how this largely unacknowledged tribal egotism that affects all human beings creates and sustains the systemic disorder and violence of the world in which we all live.
Without a radical awakening to the immense distance between our mental and social reality and the truth, we are condemned to continue living in the same cruel division, conflict, and sorrow to which we ourselves sustain with our personal memories, thoughts, and desires.
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To gain an independent and full insight into the human psyche conditioned by experience and the world this psyche generates and sustains is essential. This insight cannot be transfered from one person to another, however, its necessity can be communicated through words and images, which are the only means we have available on this side of the alienation of humanity from life, and that is precisely what I am attempting to do.
There are, however, significant and interconnected blocks to this communication, and one of the most critical of these is economic. It is quite difficult to earn one’s keep, however austere it may be, when the service offered is routinely identified as going against the grain of tradition and the further ingrained impulse to gain personal security and social status, and almost instantly rejected.
Even as the world has become more and more divided along political, religious, and economic lines, I have somehow managed to sustain for a long time already the independence necessary to perform this task; and for this I have many people to thank. Your purchases and ocassional donations have kept alive the artistic and publishing work I do, and I trust that the same concern and generosity will sustain this endeavor in the future.
PURCHASES
Books available in open editions are available directly from LULU, the publisher. Click HERE for purchasing and specific information about these books.
The price range is wide with original (but unframed), paintings or prints costing between 45 and 150 US dollars, at the lower end. The prices for the more expensive paintings and assamblages (stone poems and others), and the hand-bound books, appear next to each item. (If you find that this is not the case, please send me a note inquiring about the cost of the item that has caught you eye). Prices for lower- or regularly priced items appear below.
All remote purchases will be transacted by means of checks and PayPal orders (Fernando Llosa / f@unboundart.com) As soon as I receive your check or verify your money transfer, your piece is shipped. If dissatisfied with your purchase, you have 15 days to return it for a full refund. All prices are in US dollars.
I am open to negotiate payment plans and in some instances willing to negotiate the price of a piece. If you love something that I offer but cannot afford the full price, let me know a bit about you and your situation and we'll take it from there. You can write to me here.
Photographic prints and prints from Sumi ink paintings on glass
40" print mounted on a rigid substrate and minimally framed in black painted oak. Ready to hang. $350.00 (200.00, for the print alone)
19" print mounted on a rigid substrate and minimally framed in black painted oak. Ready to hang. $150.00 (100.00, for the print alone)
Image printed on 8.5 x 11" paper and sent in an envelope with protective backing. $50.00
Small and unframed acrylic and Sumi ink paintings on art or Yupo paper
Ink paintings measuring around 5 x 7" - $50.00
Ink paintings on paper measuring around 8 x 10" $75.00
Ink paintings on paper measuring around 10 x 16" $150.00
An estimate of the cost of packing and shipping will be added to these prices and promptly communicated.
Donation
All gifts of money are welcomed, no matter how small. Regular remittances provided during a specified period of time are especially appreciated, for they provide a significant measure of stability to this small and vulnerable venture. Contact me here.