Desde la cuneta…
Omar Velázquez presents his first solo exhibit, Desde la cuneta…, at Galería Guatíbiri
Galería Guatíbiri and The Storehouse Group pleased to present Omar Velázquez’s first solo exhibiton Desde la cuneta… (From the Gutter…), which opns next Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 7:30pm at Galería Guatíbiri in Río Piedras. Velázquez will present new works, which include multidisciplinary pieces, consisting of graphic work on different supports and installations, ready-mades and recycled materials.
Desde la cuenta… is an individual sample in which the artist relates the stories of his nocturnal walks along the streets of Río Piedras, which are the ones that he utilizes as inspiration, being his nearby environment. Velázquez comments on its work: “I continue working themes that relate to social problems, but this time, with experimentation and intuition, I carry them to a more metaphorical environment than what the image can represent or communicate by itself”.
The title Desde la cuneta… is used like a pun, alluding to the cradle or to the dream, but attributing it the most scornful meaning, that of “gutter” (cuneta), the trench located at both sides of a road that receives the rain water and street waste. In this case, the artist refers to the dream of the one that sleeps in the streets, like the reality of dispossessed citizens. At the same time, the gutter is the place where the artist finds the materials to create his work. “To live and to have a studio [in La Corporation Artist Studios] in Río Piedras has allowed me to know, to absorb and to experience the different aspects of that zone” commented Velázquez. “Is evident that the street and its inhabitants are the setting for my work; I try to present the pieces in an atmospheric/sensory form, like a means of expressing of my personal anxieties” concluded Velázquez.
The exhibition will remain open until November 5, 2009, in Galería Guatíbiri, located in the Ave. González #1003 of the Urb. Santa Rita in Río Piedras. Desde la cuneta… is an exhibition in collaboration between Galería Guatíbiri and The Storehouse Group. Omar Velásquez is represented for The Storehouse Group. For more information, contact Rubén Malavé, director of Galería Guatibirí at (787) 250-1959, or Melissa M. Ramos of The Storehouse Group at (787) 464-6743 or e-mail
