On Thursday, April 13, 2023, at 6:00pm, the Museo de las Américas [Museum of The Americas] in San Juan, Puerto Rico, will have fun the opening of the brand new exhibition “Sin pena ni gloria: 22 years of inventive manufacturing of Aby Ruiz.” [“Sin pena ni gloria” may be translated as “It is what it is” or, literally, “without pain or glory]. The exhibition runs from April 13 to August 27, 2023.
Sin pena ni gloria (It Is What It Is) is a mid-career retrospective exhibition presenting work, drawings, and installations from 2005 till 2023. An exhibition organized by themes somewhat than in chronological order explores the completely different intervals and the predominant themes of Aby Ruiz, one in all Puerto Rico’s most acclaimed artists.
The viewer could have the chance to fulfill once more memorable works by Ruiz, which have been beforehand proven in solo and collective reveals, by which the artist explores media dimensions of assemblage and set up, to reinterpret the haunting themes of materiality.
Abismael “Aby” Ruiz: Painter, illustrator, graphic artist and creator of site-specific installations. Self-taught, he ventured from drawing as much as initiatives within the promoting area. Afterwards, he took portray courses with Spanish artist Pablo San Segundo. Subsequently, from 2001 to 2003, he carried out formal research in portray, drawing and printmaking on the Specialised College of High-quality Arts in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, underneath the tutelage of professor and artist Roland Borges Soto. His work has been exhibited internationally, together with the Dominican Republic, Brazil, United States, and Canada, whereas on the identical time sustaining himself constantly energetic on the Puerto Rican artwork scene. Human figures of uncooked facial expressions are a relentless characteristic of his prolific work, most frequently in disorganized and chaotic environment. His work displays an expressionist character of social themes.
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Artist’s bio from https://www.mapr.org/en/museum/proa/artist/ruiz-abismael-aby