Omar Velázquez
Omar Velázquez (Puerto Rican, b. 1984). Velázquez is an artist and musician who explores the tropes and conventions of Western painting, as well as the intersection of music, painting, and folklore, to create an intensely coded body of work that gives shape to complex experiences of colonialism, memory, and diaspora. His scenes of colonial encounters are structured by formal technique, such as the use of acrylic and oil paint to create distance and perspective between figure and ground.

About the artwork:
Omar Velázquez Caguama, 2020. Oil and acrylic on canvas 72 x 84 in Courtesy of the artist

Materials: Paper with Spiral binding

Size: 9" x 12"