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Reen Barrera’s Expressive ‘Ohlala’ Characters Evoke Feelings and Empowerment

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January 23, 2025

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Sporting colourful clothes and richly patterned faces, Reen Barrera’s doll sculptures (beforehand) evoke an expressive, make-believe world. Usually wearing striped tops and hand-stitched hoods with animalistic ears, his imaginative Ohlala characters characterize the universality of human feelings whereas emphasizing each particular person’s distinctive qualities.

Barrera creates the sculptures from wooden and patchwork textiles, and he additionally makes work depicting Ohlala figures in pensive moments or expressing a way of empowerment. Discover his work at Artwork Central Hong Kong in March, and see extra on his web site and Instagram.

a painting of a doll-like figure making a power fist and looking empowered, wearing a striped top and sporting a colorful pattern on their face
three dolls with different clothing and colorful patterns painted on their faces
a vertical painting of two doll-like figures with colorful patterns on their faces
a wooden three-quarter profile sculpture of a doll-like figure with a striped top and a colorfully patterned face
a painting of a doll-like figure with a yellow hat and blue ears, with a colorfully patterned face, looking off to their right
a doll in a gray uniform with a black hat and a colorful pattern painted on its face
a painting of a doll-like figure seated on the ground with their arms around their knees, wearing a green hood with a colorful pattern on their face

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