Interview: Galeria de los Muertos
Posted On Wednesday, September 7th, 2011 By Phxgoth.com
Marco Turrubiartes aka ‘El Vaquero Muerto’ is a very talented local artist who owns and operates a unique gallery in downtown Phoenix. From the moment you walk into the Galeria de los Muertos, you can tell this is not your every day art experience. For one, the walls are always adorned with day of the dead skulls. When I visited recently to pose for Marco’s “Sins” collection, there was an incredibly realistic life size zombie with his guts spewed about hanging from the wall, along with other dark, surreal and twisted pieces created by a collection of amazing artists. If you have not been there yet, I highly recommend it. With spooky art in all price ranges, you may even find yourself leaving with a new decoration for your own walls at home. – Fuchsia 1. Marco, tell us more about the Galeria de los Muertos. Galeria de los Muertos is a new art gallery concept centered around the idea that art should be accessible to everyone. So we created a gallery in the salon style (lots of art on the walls rather than big white spaces with sparse pieces) that sells original works as well as giclee prints on Continue Reading
