1878 & Brown Foundation Galleries
October 6, 2019 – January 5, 2020
Opening Reception Saturday, October 6, 2019
6:00 – 9:00 PM
Artist talk at 6:30 PM
This exhibition is supported in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and Texas Commission on the Arts.
Gerardo Rosales
Undercover
Gerardo Rosales explores issues of class, race, gender, and immigration to expose social inequalities experienced by immigrants coming from Latin America to the United States. Rosales appropriates ornamental aspects of folk art and geometric abstraction, infiltrated with elements that evoke adversity faced by these individuals looking for a better life, only to find themselves facing similar conditions of social and economic exclusion. His paintings include rich colors and patterns that juxtapose the harshness of the wilderness of the tropics with domestic imagery. His works mix conflict with playfulness as a means to exaggerate reality with irony.
Gerardo Rosales was born in Venezuela and is a multidisciplinary artist and educator who has lived and worked in Houston, TX since 2000. Rosales first started producing art as a self-taught artist before attending the Armando Reverón Art Institute in Caracas, Venezuela, where he earned a BA in Painting. After graduating, he moved to London to study at Chelsea College of Art and Design where he received an MA in Painting. Rosales has received recognition at leading art venues in Latin America and Europe, including exhibitions in Venezuela, Argentina, the United Kingdom, and France. His work was most recently featured at the TransArt Foundation for Art and Anthropology, Houston, where he was also a 2018-2019 artist-in-residence.
Gerardo Rosales explora temas de clase, raza, género e inmigración para exponer las desigualdades sociales experimentadas por los inmigrantes que van de América Latina a los Estados Unidos. Rosales se apropia de los aspectos ornamentales del arte popular y la abstracción geométrica, infiltrados con elementos que evocan la adversidad que enfrentan estos individuos que buscan una vida mejor, solo para encontrarse con condiciones similares de exclusion social y económica.
Gerardo Rosales nació en Venezuela y es un artista y educador multidisciplinario que ha vivido y trabajado en Houston, TX desde 2000. Rosales comenzó a producir arte como artista autodidacta antes de asistir al Instituto de Arte Armando Reverón en Caracas, Venezuela, donde obtuvo una licenciatura en pintura. Después de graduarse, se mudó a Londres para estudiar en el Chelsea College of Art and Design, donde recibió una maestría en pintura. Rosales ha recibido el reconocimiento en los principales lugares de arte en América Latina y Europa, incluidas exposiciones en Venezuela, Argentina, el Reino Unido y Francia. Su trabajo fue presentado recientemente en la Fundación TransArt para Arte y Antropología, Houston, donde también fue artista residente 2018-2019.
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