Julio Morales

Eruption, 1978 - 2008, 2008

Photograph, oil pastel, airbrush

17 x 21 inches

P.O.R.

1991 BFA Painting

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The artist replaces the sound waves from Eddie Van Halen's seminal guitar solo in his 1978 song, Eruption, with a crowd entangled in a heavy metal frenzy. Morales considered this work to be a non-nostalgic exploration of his own heavy metal roots. The image reconsiders the collective behaviors of crowds, both ritualistic and revolutionary in this contemporary milieu.