Artístico RD: July 2017

July 31, 2017

HR Suriel - The Storm, 2009

The Storm (La tormenta), by HR Suriel (Santo Domingo, 1979).
Acrylic on linen, 52 x 62 inches, completed in 2009.

July 22, 2017

Leonardo Sanz, Dominican artist, died in a car accident on July 20, 2017. Beloved among his peers, Sanz was known for his colorful, lively paintings.

Born in 1971, in the city of Santo Domingo, Leonardo Sanz began his life as an artist at a very young age, winning a local art prize when he was barely ten years old. His first instructions in art were from his grandmother, Rosa Del Carmen Pellerano Lamarche, and his father, Sr. Leonardo Sanz Delgado, an architect.

In 1986, he enrolls at the Gregg Institue in Santo Domingo where he studies Architectural drawing. Between 1991 and 1992, Sanz is enrolled at the Altos de Chavon School of Design to study fine arts. This is followed by a trip to Japan to study illustration.

"His is a world of color saturated images, full of details that tell complicated stories in closed environments." Expresses art critic Fernando Casanova.

July 20, 2017

Reymon Calcaño - The path of a tyrant

The path of a tyrant (El paso de un tirano), by Reymon Calcaño.
Oil on canvas, 50 x 59 inches.

"This work is based on the tyranny of Trujillo, who sowed panic and death in the Dominican Republic." - Reymon Calcaño (Santo Domingo, 1979).

July 15, 2017

Tony Capellán - Carribean Sea, 1996

Mar Caribe [Carribean Sea], by Tony Capellán.
Plastic and rubber sandals with barbed wire, completed in 1996.

Tony Capellán collected these commonly worn sandals along the bank of the Ozama River in Santo Domingo where they had washed up. The toe strap from each flip-flop has been replaced with barbed wire, transforming this footwear into a symbol of political and economic hardship and undercutting the stereotypical view of the Caribbean Islands as a tropical paradise.