Angel Otero
dal 19/5/2013 al 22/8/2013
Segnalato da
19/5/2013
Angel Otero
The Savannah College of Art and Design SCAD, Hong Kong
Material Discovery. The exhibition features a selection of new and recent works. Otero is known for his process-based approach to painting, specifically his practice of creating "oil skins" that are made from paint poured onto glass and peeled off in dry sheets.
SCAD Hong Kong presents the first large-scale solo exhibition by artist Angel Otero in Hong Kong, which premiered at the SCAD Museum of Art in February. "Material Discovery" features a selection of new and recent paintings. A rising star in the contemporary art world, Otero is known for his process-based approach to painting, specifically his practice of creating "oil skins" that are made from paint poured onto glass and peeled off in dry sheets. These skins are then grafted onto the artist's canvas to create assemblage works composed of additional materials such as resin, spray paint and silicone. The resulting works are simultaneously collage and decollage and present a dynamic, fresh approach to contemporary painting.
"This body of work reveals my intention not only to address the possibilities and impossibilities of painting, but also to create a dialogue about the issues that have historically surrounded the practice," says Otero.
Material Discovery features both new and recent paintings. A palpable presence in the contemporary art world, Otero is known for his process-based approach to painting, specifically his practice of creating "oil skins" that are made from paint poured onto glass and peeled off in dry sheets. These skins are then grafted onto the artist's canvas to create assemblage works composed of additional materials such as resin, spray paint and silicone. The resulting works are simultaneously collage and décollage and present a dynamic, new approach to contemporary painting.
About Angel Otero
Born in 1981, in Santurce, Puerto Rico, Angel Otero is a visual artist best known for his process-based paintings. Through his innovative process of oil paint scraping, Otero venerates historical oil painting while confronting it head on. Otero's "deformation" approach to painting his works, first across glass and then once dry, flaying the dried paint and reconstructing the composition anew across large canvasses, is representative of how the artist perceives the process of reconfiguring both personal and historical narratives.
Otero received his M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Recent exhibitions include El Museo's Sixth Biennial at El Museo del Barrio, New York; Memento, a solo exhibition at Lehmann Maupin Gallery New York; Misericordia at Prism Gallery Los Angeles; Constellations at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; and a solo exhibition at ISTANBUL'74, Turkey, presented by Lehmann Maupin. Otero is also the recipient of the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing and Visual Arts. He lives and works in New York.
Image: Untitled," oil skins on canvas, 2010. Collection of Ninah and Michael Lynne. Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York.
Press contact:
Michelle Ho - Communications Manager SCAD Hong Kong T 852 22538008 / M 852 53610907 mho@scad.edu
The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Hong Kong
Moot Gallery 292 Tai Po Road Sham Shui Po Hong Kong
Hours: Monday–Friday 8:30am–5:30pm
The exhibition is free and open to the public.