Christopher Paz-Rivera
Christopher Paz-Rivera, Junti police (Flatbush Landscape), 2024, Colored pencil, acrylic on wood panel, wood shelf, L brackets, 36.5 x 28 x 2.5 inches.
Visual Description: A painting made with colored pencil, featuring a collage of different elements, including a broken glass bottle, wooden slats with text that read “POLICE”, and a dog on a backdrop of wavy, colorful lines, displayed on a yellow shelf and has the edges of the wooden panel also painted yellow.
Descripción Visual: Una pintura hecha con lápices de colores, que presenta un collage de diferentes elementos, incluyendo una botella de vidrio rota, tablones de madera con texto que dice "POLICE", y un perro sobre un fondo de líneas onduladas y coloridas, exhibido en un estante amarillo y con los bordes del panel de madera pintados de amarillo también.
Christopher Paz-Rivera, Junti circle (Hato Rey Landscape), 2024, colored pencil, acrylic on wood panel, wood shelf, L brackets, 25 x 34 x 2.5 inches.
Visual Description: On a wooden panel, a painting done with colored pencil depicts a dog in the center of the surface sitting on a patch of grass with a ring of white-haloed mushrooms. The patterned backdrop of stylized green fields and red skies creates its design by following the grain of the wood. It’s displayed on a green shelf and has the edges of the wooden panel painted green too.
Descripción Visual: En un panel de madera, una pintura hecha con lápices de colores representa a un perro en el centro de la superficie sentado en un parche de césped con un anillo de setas con halo blanco. El fondo estampado de campos verdes estilizados y cielos rojos crea su diseño siguiendo la veta de la madera. Está exhibido en un estante verde y con los bordes del panel de madera pintados de verte también.
About
Christopher Paz-Rivera (b. 1982, San Juan, Puerto Rico) received his BFA from the University of Puerto Rico in 2007, and his MFA from Hunter College in New York in 2012. Paz-Rivera’s work was included in La Bienal 2013 at El Museo Del Barrio (NY). In addition, the artist has exhibited at venues including Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College (NY), Museo de Arte de Ponce, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Riverside Museum (CA), and Área Lugar De Proyectos, to name a few. In addition to his artistic practice, Paz-Rivera is co-founder of EMBAJADA, a prominent gallery based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and has curated exhibitions at Rachel Uffner Gallery (NY), the Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis (MO), Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College, to name a few.