Midnight Cockfight in Merida, 2024 by Lee Beach delivers a bold collision of color, attitude, and late-night energy. Built through a meticulous 9-layer screen print process on cotton, the work transforms the rooster into a pop-icon — sharp-eyed, defiant, and impossible to ignore. With electric contrasts and saturated tones, Beach channels the heat and spectacle of tropical nightlife into a piece that feels both playful and confrontational.

About the artist  

A fourth-generation El Pasoan, Lee Beach draws inspiration from the cultural rhythm of the El Paso–Juárez border. His work explores how identity is shaped through labor, movement, and memory, where everyday symbols evolve into carriers of meaning—blending pop art aesthetics with mixed media. Beach transforms familiar imagery into compositions that balance tension, endurance, and restraint. 

Rooted in the Borderplex yet global in perspective, his practice reinterprets Mexican and American iconography through a contemporary lens. Recurring figures such as the cowboy do not appear as static legends but as bodies in motion, defined by risk, repetition, and time. Gilding functions as both material and metaphor, marking the moment where work becomes myth and myth becomes something displayed, circulated, and remembered.

Specs & Care

Size: 24" W, 24" H

Frame: Wooden frame, Glass.