The artwork exhibition “Metaphors” has opened at West Strand Artwork Gallery in Kingston, New York. Curated by Isabel and Julio Nazario, this exhibition presents surrealist work, collages, drawings, and sculptures by 4 artists: Rodríguez Calero (Puerto Rico), Josh Kramb (United States), Eliezer Parrilla (Puerto Rico), Nitza Tufiño (Mexico/Puerto Rico). It is going to be on view Could 5 by means of 29. The gallery will host a reception this Saturday, Could 7, from 4:00 to six:00pm. [The West Strand Art Gallery is located at 29 West Strand Street, Rondout, Historic District, Kingston, New York.]
Description: West Strand Artwork Gallery is happy to open its second season with METAPHORS, an exhibition that includes work, collages, drawings and sculptures by artists Rodriguez Calero, Josh Kramb, Eliezer Parrilla, and Nitza Tufiño. Collectively this participating group of artists share a surrealist aesthetic strategy to metaphor and narrative, a refined subtext expressed in distinctive mediums and types. The works on view handle points akin to gender and racial boundaries; emotional states of thoughts; Jungian archetypes and the unconscious; in addition to discover historic, cultural and political context.
For extra info, see https://www.weststrandartgallery.com/
See artist’s pages at http://rodzcalero.com/, https://www.eliezerparrilla.com/, http://www.nitzatufino.com/
[Shown above: Rodríguez Calero, 2020 Collage—detail.]