An alum of UAlbany’s Master of Fine Arts program, Manuel Guerra (American) uses humor to create narrative caricature drawings. Inspired by his upbringing in El Paso, Texas, Guerra’s works on paper combine elements of memory, Mesoamerican history, and mythology. The titles of the two animalistic portraits allude to his own family history and rural life that Guerra did not experience firsthand but vividly imagines. He has said that artists “tend to take themselves too seriously to consider combining humor and fine art. To balance that, however, we must remember that humor is a vital part of life, communication and survival.”
–Affinities and Outliers: Highlights from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections