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Leanne Goebel

Lordy Rodriquez is the living definition of an American. Born in the Philippines, raised in Texas and now living in California, the artist began his artistic exploration into the language of cartography as an undergraduate by reconstructing the States of America via maps. Albeit, maps that were condensed, reshaped and revised based upon his experience of being a naturalized citizen and those long drives between Houston and New York City.

“In the beginning the work looked a lot like maps. I’m not appropriating the image of cartography but the visual language of cartography,” Rodriquez said during a recent artist talk at the Dikeou Collection in Denver where they are hosting an Art Swap exhibition with ArtPace in San Antonio, bringing works from the Texas residency founded by Linda Pace (Pace salsa) to Dikeou in Denver. Rodriquez is one of the artist’s whose works are being shared. While maps may be…

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