Angel Otero "Memento"
Lehmann Maupin (201 Chrystie Street)
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In "Memento," Angel Otero presents a new body of work highlighting the process-based art for which he is known. Through his innovative process of oil paint scraping, Otero venerates historical oil painting while confronting it head on. Materials such as canvas, desks, dining tables, and frames are treated as sculptural, three-dimensional surfaces utilizing two-dimensional techniques. After painting realistic imagery into glass, Otero delicately peels off sheets of oil paint and grafts the layers to his object. Within his creations Otero says he wishes to "give a sense of abundance, unbalance, ambition, courage, and persistence within form, color and texture in every painting."
[Image: Angel Otero 2011 "SKIN-5" Oil paint skin on canvas 78 x 65 x 3 in.]
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from February 17, 2011 to April 16, 2011