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Chicago Works: Omar 痴别濒谩锄辩耻别锄
In his first solo museum exhibition, artist and musician Omar 痴别濒谩锄辩耻别锄 (Puerto Rican, b. 1984) presents recent paintings and sculptures that address the intersection of painting, music, and folklore.
In a series of large-scale paintings, 痴别濒谩锄辩耻别锄鈥攚ho lives between Ponce, Puerto Rico and Chicago鈥攅xplores the lush, tropical landscape through vibrant colors and thick oil paint smears, known as impasto, creating surreal scenes from memories, dreams, and his daily walks and drives through the Puerto Rican countryside. In 痴别濒谩锄辩耻别锄鈥檚 paintings, the landscape and its creatures are mystical entities that reveal the dark legacies of colonialism and the experience of the Puerto Rican diaspora.
The exhibition also features string instruments, carved by 痴别濒谩锄辩耻别锄, in the shape of tropical fruits. These instruments accompany small-scale paintings of J铆baro music album covers, a popular style of string music from the mountainous regions of Puerto Rico. Presented alongside 痴别濒谩锄辩耻别锄鈥檚 work are two sculptures made by fellow artists and musicians Rafael Ferrer (Puerto Rican, b. 1933) and Carmelo Martell Luciano (Puerto Rican, 1907鈥�1990), tracing a genealogy of Puerto Rican artists who share 痴别濒谩锄辩耻别锄鈥檚 interest in shape, color, and sound.
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In his first solo museum exhibition, artist and musician Omar 痴别濒谩锄辩耻别锄 (Puerto Rican, b. 1984) presents recent paintings and sculptures that address the intersection of painting, music, and folklore.
In a series of large-scale paintings, 痴别濒谩锄辩耻别锄鈥攚ho lives between Ponce, Puerto Rico and Chicago鈥攅xplores the lush, tropical landscape through vibrant colors and thick oil paint smears, known as impasto, creating surreal scenes from memories, dreams, and his daily walks and drives through the Puerto Rican countryside. In 痴别濒谩锄辩耻别锄鈥檚 paintings, the landscape and its creatures are mystical entities that reveal the dark legacies of colonialism and the experience of the Puerto Rican diaspora.
The exhibition also features string instruments, carved by 痴别濒谩锄辩耻别锄, in the shape of tropical fruits. These instruments accompany small-scale paintings of J铆baro music album covers, a popular style of string music from the mountainous regions of Puerto Rico. Presented alongside 痴别濒谩锄辩耻别锄鈥檚 work are two sculptures made by fellow artists and musicians Rafael Ferrer (Puerto Rican, b. 1933) and Carmelo Martell Luciano (Puerto Rican, 1907鈥�1990), tracing a genealogy of Puerto Rican artists who share 痴别濒谩锄辩耻别锄鈥檚 interest in shape, color, and sound.
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At the center of artist and musician Omar 痴别濒谩锄辩耻别锄鈥檚 first solo museum presentation is a sequence of four landscape paintings. Evocative of eerie, enlarged postcards, they depict disquieting Puerto Rican pastoral scenes. In Baracutey (2020).
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