Pepón Osorio
Pepón Osorio
Purifier, 2011
Biography
Pepón Osorio, a 1999 MacArthur fellow and participant in the landmark 1993 Whitney Biennial, creates work that emerges from his experience as a social worker in the Bronx. His art practice includes objects, videos, and detailed installations that evoke familiar spaces such as barbershops, offices, and homes and respond to his experiences with persons inside specific, often Latino communities. His work nonetheless extrapolates beyond specificity to general themes such as family, community, and identity. His installation Drowned in a Glass of Water (2010) re-creates the home of a family he interacted with in Western Massachusetts, exploring issues of economics, cultural identity, and individual family struggles. Noting his work often yields difficult emotions, he has said he would love viewers to think about “who they are in relationship to what they had just seen, and start a negotiation not only with the artwork but with the public at large.”
Exhibitions
May 23 – Aug 17, 2017 Group Show Art on the Front Lines
Sep 09 – Oct 21, 2011 Pepón Osorio Pepón Osorio
Jun 24 – Jul 28, 2011 Group Show Taking Shape
May 14 – Jun 22, 2010 Group Show Resurrectine
Pepón Osorio
Drowned in a Glass of Water, 2010
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Pepón Osorio
No Crying Allowed in the Barber Shop, 1994
installation at Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut
Pepón Osorio
Todo O Nada, 2011
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