Angel Otero conceives painting as a material capable of recording its own becoming.
Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, in 1981, and now working between Puerto Rico and New
York, he has developed a practice in which memory, art history, and material
transformation are deeply intertwined.
As the Trump Administration prepares propaganda signage to adorn the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, Representative Jamie Raskin (MD-08) introduced legislation to ensure future generations learn about President Donald Trump’s commitment to censoring, whitewashing and fictionalizing American history.
In Jonathan Lyndon Chase’s paintings, the body becomes a site of identity, intimacy, vulnerability, and transformation. Moving between figuration and abstraction, Chase creates visual worlds in which bodies, objects, and environments are inseparable, shaped by lived experience, everyday gestures, and community.
You've probably seen the Mona Lisa's mysterious smile, Van Gogh's swirling night sky, or the dramatic figures in The Scream more times than you can count. The images appear on posters, books, advertisements, clothing, home decor, and social media, making them
recognizable outside of museums and art classrooms.