Opening on 1 June, Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong will present Angel Otero’s solo exhibition ‘The Sea Remembers’. Consist of all brand new works, this is the first Asia solo exhibition of Angel Otero with Hauser & Wirth since the representation last year.
Angel Otero on Printmaking
About three years ago, I made a print entitled ‘Fish Rain’. It is connected to the ‘Carteles de Puerto Rico,’ a graphic art movement that was created by the government to educate people on the island about everything from hurricane preparedness to fishing season to how to protect the oceans. They would produce a movie for the community and promote it with a poster, many of which hang in my studio today. When I work in print, I always want to hold the hand of this reference—the medium connects me to where I’m from and one of the most important art movements of my island, while allowing me to bring it to a contemporary context.
Angel Otero on Printmaking
About three years ago, I made a print entitled ‘Fish Rain’. It is connected to the ‘Carteles de Puerto Rico,’ a graphic art movement that was created by the government to educate people on the island about everything from hurricane preparedness to fishing season to how to protect the oceans. They would produce a movie for the community and promote it with a poster, many of which hang in my studio today. When I work in print, I always want to hold the hand of this reference—the medium connects me to where I’m from and one of the most important art movements of my island, while allowing me to bring it to a contemporary context.
Angel Otero
About Angel Otero
Angel Otero was born in 1981 in Santurce, Puerto Rico, where he resided until moving to Chicago in 2004. He currently splits his time between New York and Puerto Rico. In 2009, Otero was included in the exhibition ‘Constellations’ at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, shortly after receiving his MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.