May 5, 2009 Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Dagens baghave: Backyard of the Day: De Grazia Gallery in the Sun, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona De Grazia Gallery in the Sun is located at 6300 North Swan Road in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona   Til morgen besøgte vi De Grazia Galleriet i Tucson. Jeg har elsket Ted De Grazias kunst i årevis, men "kendte" aldrig rigtig kunstneren bag kunsten. Det var virkelig en oplevelse ud over al forventning. This morning we visited the De Grazia Gallery in Tucson. I've loved Ted De Grazia's art since I can remember, but never really "knew" the artist behind the art. It was truly an experience way beyond my expectations.       "Undren" ~ "Wondering"     Ettore "Ted" De Grazia blev født i Arizona den 14. juni, 1909, og boede her hele sit liv, bortset fra fem barndomsår i sine forældres fødeland, Italien. Ted De Grazias motiver er overvældende præget af katolicisme, og af mexikansk og papago-indiansk kultur. Han kæmpede i mange år for at blive anerkendt som kunstner, til han i 1960 blev berømt, da et af hans billeder blev brugt som UNICEFs julekort. I 1976 slæbte han hundrede af sine billeder op i bjergene nær Phoenix og brændte dem af i protest mod, at der ved hans død ville blive opkrævet arveskat på hans kunstværker. Ted De Grazia døde 17. september, 1982, og er begravet bag den lille kirke, han selv byggede her. Ettore "Ted" De Grazia was born in Arizona on June 14, 1909, and lived here his entire life, aside from five childhood years spent in his parents' native Italy. Ted De Grazia's images are overwhelmingly influenced by Catholicism, and by Mexican and Papago Indian culture. He fought for many years to be recognized for his art, until in 1960 he became famous when one of his pictures was used as UNICEF's Christmas card. In 1976 he hauled a hundred of his paintings up into the mountains near Phoenix and set them on fire to protest the inheritance tax that would be imposed for his artwork at his death. Ted De Grazia died September 17, 1982, and is buried behind the little church he himself built nearby.     "Østenvind" ~ "Wind from the East"

"Nazaræer i rød tunika" ~ "Nazarene in Red Tunic"         Haven er et galleri i sig selv, en labyrinth af ørkenstier med kunstneriske overraskelser om hvert hjørne. The garden is a gallery unto itself, meandering desert paths with artistic surprises around each bend.

"Livet" ~ "Life"         En halv trombone og en blå stjerne kan også være kunst. Half a trombone and a blue star can be a kind of art too.         Vor Frue af Guadalupe ~ Our Lady of Guadalupe

Ted De Grazia var arkitekten på sit eget hus. Galleriet er bygget af adobe og indgangen minder om en mineindgang. En del af gulvet er lavet af skiver af saguaro skeletter og er helt utrolig flot. Ted De Grazia was the architect of his own house. The gallery was built from adobe and the entry resembles a mine entrance. A part of the floor is inlaid with slices of saguaro skeletons and is gorgeous.       "De Stille" ~ "The Quiet Ones"     Atelieret ~ The studio

Ted De Grazia byggede sin egen lille kirke til indianerne og til ære for Vor Frue af Guadalupe, "den brune Maria". Ted De Grazia built his own little chapel for the Indians to use and to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe, "the brown virgin".     Indeni kirken ~ Inside the chapel           "Lille Madonna" ~ "Little Madonna"         "Korsstation IV: Jesus møder sin Mor" ~ "Station IV: Jesus meets his Mother"

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