Leopoldo Maler
Argentinean, born 1937
Hommage, 1974
Modified typewriter

Leopoldo Maler, currently head of The Parsons School of Design Affiliation in the Dominican Republic, prefers to work conceptually and purposely refrains from any display of traditional artistic skills. His works serve as symbols that spark what he calls the viewer's "creative power of contemplation;" one is completely free to apply one's own experience and understanding to his pieces.

The work before you, entitled Hommage, has a great deal of personal meaning for Maler himself, however. His uncle, a well-known Argentine writer, is believed to have been killed for the inflammatory content of his political essays. The old Underwood Typewriter that now emits flames in the place of words is of the same style that Mahler's uncle used during his esteemed career.