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Angel Otero


The ruffled, bunched, and roiling surfaces of Angel Otero’s canvases explore the tactile potential and associations of oil paint. Using the thin, dried layers formed by pouring oil paint in globs or puddles onto glass, Otero creates works whose surfaces undulate and splay, decorating them with dense textures or Spanish baroque floral patterns. He often applies paint in a collage-like manner, creating an intriguing transgression of traditional notions of painterliness. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, much of Otero’s work, such as his 2012-13 series of ornate steel gates embedded with glazed porcelain, reference the neighborhoods and images of his childhood.



Otero's work has been exhibited at institutions including El Museo del Barrio and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and he was the recipient of a 2009 of an Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing and Visual Arts.










Click here to read about our visit to Angel Otero's studio.


Born 1981
Hometown Santurce, Puerto Rico
Lives and Works Brooklyn, NY
Education
MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2009
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2007
Universidad de Puerto Rico, 2004
Representing Galleries

Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL

Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY

SHOWS

Sperone Westwater

New York
Jul 07 2016 - Aug 09 2016

SPLOTCH
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