Emilio Sanchez " Urban Archives"
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
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The exhibition displays a group of oil on canvas and works on paper by Emilio Sanchez depicting commercial buildings in the Hunts Point area of the South Bronx. With their colorful palette and rigorous architectural design, these works render the bodegas and auto shops of the Bronx in an almost idyllic style that makes a stark contrast with preconceived views of the borough. The exhibition is accompanied by a display of related archival material and a resource guide for educators.
Born in Camagüey, Cuba in 1921, Emilio Sanchez began his artistic training at the Art Students League in 1944 when he moved to New York City, and where he lived until he died in 1999. In 2010, The Bronx Museum was one of four museums selected by the Emilio Sanchez Foundation to receive a gift of paintings and drawings by the internationally renowned artist, as well as an archival database of Sanchez’s works, photographs, and documents, to add to their permanent collections.
The Bronx Museum received a selection of 25 oils, watercolors, and drawings that focus exclusively on Bronx scenes completed in the late 1980s. The series comprises urban landscapes depicting the Bronx as well as archival photographs and documents. This donation strengthens the Museum’s mission to present and collect works by artists for whom the Bronx has been critical to their artistic practice and development.
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Schedule
from June 26, 2011 to July 01, 2012
Opening Reception on 2011-06-26 from 18:00 to 20:00