Osiris Delgado, Peregrina, serigrafía sobre papel
Osceola
Arts invites you to the opening of the exhibition "Reflejos de Borinquen:
Graphic Artworks of Puerto Rico". It will open its doors on October 6,
2018 at Osceola Arts along with the exhibition "Celebrating Hispanic
Artists and Culture."
Reflejos de
Borinquen is a collection that has been preserved over the years by the Puerto
Rican art enthusiast Ramón Rosario. Part of this collection was presented at
the Francisco Oller Museum in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, approximately 20 years ago.
Ramon brought it with him when he moved from Puerto Rico to Orlando in 2012. It
is just a small example of the graphic work developed in Puerto Rico throughout
the 20th century.
Analida Burgos , “Homenaje a José Campeche”, Serigrafía
sobre papel
The
collection includes works by artists who in their time transcended the limits
of the Caribbean archipelago and were educated in important institutions in
America and Europe. Artists such as Osiris Delgado, Carlos Irizarry and Rafael
Colón Morales belong to a generation that developed around the 1950’s. They
left Puerto Rico for educational purposes and then returned in order to help
build the basis for the development of contemporary art in Puerto Rico.
The
selection also includes works by artists who belong to the next generation.
Among these are works by Jose Rosa, Rafael Trelles, Osvaldo de Jesus, Orlando
Vallejo, Marcos Alegria and Lissette Rosado among others. The works of this
generation maintain themes associated with the identity of the Puerto Rican,
exhibit the influence of their teachers but also have their own essence. These
artists received the rigorous guidance of their professors, plus they had the
ability to develop their own voice. They created images based on topics
pertinent to their time, exploring their own aesthetic resources.
Most of the
works included belong to a period between the second half of the 20th century
and the first decade of the 21st century. Period when Ramon Rosario kept his
gallery space open. It is interesting to mention that although graphic art as a
work of art continues to be produced in Puerto Rico and the world. This group
of works belongs to a period in which the collecting of this type of art was at
its most active in Puerto Rico. So, some of these works inhabit the collective
memory of lovers of Puerto Rican art who lived this era. Reflejos de Borinquen
is just a small sample of the artists' ability to reinvent themselves, to
protest, to communicate and to reflect society in their communities through the
vehicle of popular expression that has turned out to be Puerto Rican graphics.
Osceola
Arts is located in 2411 E Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy Kissimmee, Florida 34744.
José
Rosa, Hostos, Serigrafía sobre papel
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