Alice Leora Briggs
Available Work
Alice Leora Briggs is known for works that comprise provocative amalgams of classical and contemporary imagery that illuminate the narcotic trade-driven violence of Ciudad Juárez. In addition to her traditional subject matter, this new exhibition includes images that “are an examination of my own history and that, hopefully, manifest some larger meaning.”
Briggs now cares for her elderly mother, who is living with dementia. “I’m in strange territory now,” the artist says. “Instead of Mexico, I’m in ‘Dementia’. But my work has always been about mortality. That’s the overarching theme.”
Despite history, a continuum stretches from art’s ancient past to its present. Memento mori—reminders of mortality—are reflected by our own mirrored faces so that our actions might be meaningful, even worthwhile; as we also remember the impermanence of our lives.
“What an amazing gift this is,” marvels Briggs—“to be able to breathe, make work about this [existence], and make some attempt to communicate [this gift] to other people.”
La Familia
sgraffito and acrylic on panel, 16" x 61"
$13,800
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Fall
sgraffito and gesso with ink wash on panel, 24" x 36"
$12,500
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Los Cuacos
sgraffito and acrylic on panel, 28" x 24"
$10,500
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The Fate of Poetry (diptych)
sgraffito and acrylic on panel, 22.5" x 14"
$5,400
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Perro Peludo
sgraffito and acrylic on panel, 8" x 10"
$1,600
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Buenos Aires
sgraffito and acrylic on panel, 8" x 10"
$1,600
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Para los que siguen sin creer
sgraffito on panel, 16" x 20"
$4,900
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Massacre of the Innocents
mixed media, 13" x 33"
$4,500
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Tis True Without Error
mixed media, 13" x 33"
$4,500
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The Ship Has Not Yet Sunk
ink, acrylic and collage on paper, 16" x 42"
$7,500
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Near Impunity II
mixed media, 13" x 33"
$4,500
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Blunder
burn drawing with ink on handmade paper, 5" x 22"
$1,500
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El Taller
sgraffito on panel, 14" x 11"
$2,700
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Perro Abandonado
sgraffito on panel, 8" x 10"
$1,600
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No Enrranflados
sgraffito and acrylic with carved wood, 43" x 25.5"
$13,400
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Necessary Tools
sgraffito and acrylic on panel, 36" x 24"
$12,500
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El Cruce
sgraffito and tinted gesso on panel, 10" x 18"
$3,100
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El Generoso
sgraffito and acrylic ink on panel, 8" x 10"
$1,600
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There is something wrong with my mind
sgraffito and acrylic ink on panel, 8" x 10"
$1,600
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La Nueva Frontera
sgraffito and acrylic ink on panel, 8" x 10"
$1,600
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Spent
sgraffito and tinted gesso on panel, 10" x 18"
$3,100
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Falso Positivo
sgraffito and acrylic on panel, 10" x 18"
$3,100
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El Regalo
sgraffito and tinted gesso on panel, 10" x 18"
$3,100
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¡Basta!
sgraffito on panel, 24" x 18"
$4,600
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