Saturday, February 5, 2011

Oscar de Las Flores: subcutaneous encounters

Oscar de Las Flores: subcutaneous encounters
February 3-26th, 2011


Bigorexikos, Anorexiko y Bulimikos

Ink on Japanese kozo paper, framed, 15” x 20”, 2010


Aesthetes on Springbreak

Ink on Japanese kozo paper, framed, 15” x 20”, 2010

El Gran Tren de la Muerte

Conte on paper, 92” x 87”, 2010


The Critical Artist Begging to Make a Sale

Ink on Japanese kozo paper, framed, 15” x 20”, 2010

Los Ultimos Dias de Montezuma en Mexico Tenochtitlan

oil on canvas, 55” x 85”, 2010

Working mainly with traditional pen and ink on paper, Flores generates masterful figurative works, elaborately layered, that incorporate grotesque imagery with the beauty of sinuous lines. His drawings depict figures, both real and imagined, that tell the story of an unending battle between society's powerless and powerful. With a dark sense of humor that is Flores' own, his work also shows the influence of generations of artists, integrating the grace and detail of early masters with the imagination of the Surrealists.