After a short hiatus in our exhibition program, Trailer Park Proyects organized its most ambitious exhibition up to date, Pintura Contemporanea de PfknR 2024. The metric for selection of the artists invited were
1. Living working artist
2. Exhibited a painting at a show in 2024
3. Turn in their best work at their discretion, I only asked a selected few for a bigger work but what they turned in was up to the artist.
Researching the 1960's Puerto Rico art scene I found that a lot of the exhibitions were titled Pintura Contemporanea (Contemporary Painting). It was so simple and they didn't have any pretentious titles . The works were the most important thing, no one to tell artists what or how to paint, no curators with fancy writing to defend the exhibition, it was all about the painting and not about anything else. I loved that simple idea and created this 30 man group show to honor painting over all else.
The participating artists are: Omar Velazquez, Jose Lerma, Angel Otero, Daniel Lind, Gamalier Rodriguez, Rogelio Baez, Melvin Martinez, Pedro Velez, Aby Ruiz, Bobby Cruz, Jonathan Torres, Jotham Malave, Rafael Miranda, Admin Torres, Nel Figueroa, Natalia Sanchez, Kivan Quinones, Lilliam Nieves, Angel Borroto, Dany Pabon, Javier Moreno, Roberto Silva, Alberto Zayas, Emanuel Torres, Efren Candelaria, Ada del Pilar, Javier Orfon, Carmelo Fontanez, Carmelo Sobrino, Jose Rosa, Eduardo Cabrer, Javier Moreno and Nelson Sambolin.
With limited space due to a change in the gallery showroom which left me with half the original floor plan, I had to make this show with 30 paintings of all sizes, themes, styles and other variables to work and to be shown coherently. Some deserving artists were left out because of the change of wall space it was initially thought out but I will include them in a future show.
Ron del Barrilito sponsored the events opening night as well as my second home Publica with the great Naima Rodriguez. My dearest friend Omar Velazquez was in charge of the exhibition design which ended up being a miracle on walls. Opening night on November 19, 2024. Turned out it was much more than we expected, over 500 people showed up that night and over 1,000 people in total for the whole week.
Among the visitors we received were Art Collectors Ignacio Cortes, John Belk, Veronica Viso, Chilo Andreu, Dr. Cayo Arias, Glady Alonso and Rashid Molinary, Jose Hernandez Castrodad, Roberto Fortuno, Antonio Garcia and Mae Colon, Dr. Raul Vila, Gabriel Fuentes, Maria Emanuelli, Dr. Gilberto Arias y Dra. Lia Negron, Rafael Disdier, Javier Romero, Guillermo Gonzalez Colon, Ian Rivera Morales, Fernando De Zengotita, Dr. Carlos Torres, Erika Medina, Johan Vazquez, Christian Wolpert Gaztambide, Jaime Sanabria, Curator Juan Carlos Lopez Quintero, Curator Aisha Perez, Curator Flavia Marichal, Curator Mariel Quinones, Curator Abdiel Segarra, Art Consultant Amanda Alonso, Art Consultant Adlin Rios, Art Critic Manuel Alvarez Lezama, Gallerist Francisco Tito Rovira, Gallerist Raquel Perez Puig, Gallerist Izam Zawahra, Filmmaker Tito Roman, Arthop creators Tony Rodriguez and Danny Baez, Musician Ile, Musician Rodrigo Cuevas, Actress Marise Tata Alvarez and many others. Thanks for coming to the show.
As part of the new initiative Arthop Week 2024 we decided to make sure to leave a dent in the local art scene history with a show that exhibited the best of the best in painting and that we accomplished. The pop-up show ran from November 18-24, 2024 at Publica Espacio in Santurce, PR
Planning the next show and getting ready for Arthop 2025
