RAUL GONZALEZ lll
Artist Raul Gonzalez lll enlists animals as stand-ins for the wide spectrum of human emotion and experience, from roosters as men filled by a culture of hyper machismo, to flea bitten mongrels, as the poor, helpless, and abused.
“The snake coils around the family, restricting their movements. The tires do the same. I was using symbolism of treads, coils, plus the arrangement of the figure is similar in every composition. I feel BeastsofBurden has anything that has to do with the backbreaking work from burros (donkeys). Also at times shoes are called burros as are tires. Shoes for your car.“
Raul Gonzalez lll, La Conflianza