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America Age > Blog > Art & Books > Via Surreal Work, Diego De La Rosa Imagines an Unsure However Resilient Future for Venezuela — Colossal
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Via Surreal Work, Diego De La Rosa Imagines an Unsure However Resilient Future for Venezuela — Colossal

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#animals
#Diego De La Rosa
#portray
#surreal
#Venezuela

July 10, 2024

Grace Ebert

“Cat” (2022), oil on panel, 10 x 8 inches. All photos courtesy of Povos, shared with permission

Coated in vivid washes of lavender, chartreuse, and indigo, the work of Diego De La Rosa remind us of the myriad forces that coloration our perceptions of actuality.

The Toronto-based artist attracts on the compounding political crises in his native Venezuela, retracing the tragic shortages of meals and medication, years-long recession, and violent protests which have characterised life for greater than a decade. In his first solo within the U.S., De La Rosa re-interprets these tragedies by way of allegorical works replete with monsters and uncanny happenings.

The Night time You Love Me options 14 work that mirror Venezuelans’ struggles and deferred goals. Opening this week at Povos in Chicago, the exhibition is especially well timed given the large inflow of refugees from the nation lately and as Venezuelans put together to go to the polls later this month.

Widespread folkloric symbols seem within the works, together with a foreboding determine who looms within the background of “Onwards” whereas two younger boys trip a horse. Referred to as El Silbón, or The Whistler, the character is regarded as a misplaced soul and his music a harbinger of loss of life.

Regardless of the ominous emotions of De La Rosa’s works, power and resilience pulse by way of the narratives, and in work like “Miracle Jaguar,” there appears to be hope for a extra affluent future. Cheekily smoking a cigar, the big cat wears jewels and seems to step ahead close to a basket of cassava and bread flour, whereas fireplace and destruction rage within the distance behind him.

The Night time You Love Me runs from July 12 to August 31. Discover extra from De La Rosa on his web site and Instagram.

 

a green-yellow washed painting of two young boys on a white horse with a man in a cowboy hat standing at the horses head

“Onwards” (2023), oil and acrylic on panel, 11 x 14 inches

a black dog with red and gold collar sits by a spilling bag of grains and pile of fruit with two children carrying a sack in the distance

“Dog” (2022), oil on panel, 10 x 8 inches

a light purple washed painting of a fight with a woman in cargo pants and headscarf holding a massive spear and pointing to the distance. reptiles appear to be attacking dogs while humans attack each other

“Turn Back” (2024), oil and acrylic on canvas, 30 x 36 inches

a man in a t-shirt and rolled up pants stands with a paper in his hand and the other on a jaguar who is smoking a cigar and adorned with jewelry. a basket of bread sits on the ground while fire rages in the background

“Miracle Jaguar” (2024), oil and acrylic on panel, 10 x 8 inches

a child holds a sword over his shoulder with a dog standing next to him. fire surrounds the scene

“The Liberator” (2023), oil and acrylic on panel, 12 x 16 inches

#animals
#Diego De La Rosa
#portray
#surreal
#Venezuela

 

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