Curated By:
Angel Mathieu

Start Date
October 5, 2024

End Date
October 21, 2024

Opening Reception Date
October 5, 2024

i AM art presents a panoramic artistic view within the context of Puerto Rico and contemporary art. The arts have always been associated with the social context from which they originate. They represent a force that seeks to destabilize, portray, or question their environment. This exhibition aims to demonstrate the constant changes between art and its influence among the participating Puerto Rican artists, with the primary objective of conveying an educational message about what is happening, what we live, and what we feel on the Island. Different media among contemporary artists, some emerging and others established, continue the mission of conveying the message through their art. Contemporary discourses, which in some cases cause controversy and debates in the artistic field, aim to impact the viewer with new contemporary plastic discourses. It is evident that the arts in any society are expressions of the desires, feelings, and realities of that society. The artists, as individuals with the skill and talent to handle various media, present works in painting, drawing, sculpture, engraving, mixed media, and object art in this exhibition. The participating artists in the exhibition titled: Expression…Of Desires present expressions through art that become individual desires and wishes. They are critics of our land. Their works hold unique power within the Puerto Rican context, often shaping our thoughts, emotions, and actions profoundly. 

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

This exhibition offers an individual reflection but remains focused and aligned with Puerto Rican identity. It explores deeper aspirations that may have been repressed or neglected for various reasons. Exploring this power can help us better understand ourselves and unlock new possibilities in our lives, while conveying a message to the diaspora and to visitors who are not familiar with the new exponents of Puerto Rican contemporary art. The artists create works to communicate ideas, feelings, and values with the intention that the viewer understands these messages. Puerto Rican plastic arts are one of the most significant and defining expressions of our culture. Customs, the relationship with nature, ethical sense, political and religious ideas, and the vision of history as a people are some of the manifestations seen in the arts over time. The national reality, with its particularities and nuances, exists within a highly complex society, both historically, politically, socially, and economically. The artistic community is a witness and participant in this reality, while art expresses the vision of the environment of the members of society who compose it.