Arnaldo Roche is the pre-eminent expressionist painter in Puerto Rico. His vibrant and impassioned canvases, usually realized on a very large scale, are created by using live models and a wide range of objects for his typically frottage technique of rubbing shapes as a starting point for most of his pictures. This exhibition of approximately 20 works is Roche's first major solo exhibition in Chicago since an early survey of his drawings and paintings was presented at the Chicago Cultural Center in 1987. In the past two decades, Roche has achieved increasing prominence and has had major group exhibitions around the United States, as well as solo exhibitions and monographic catalogs in Puerto Rico and Mexico. Organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, Chicago, and the National Museum of Mexican Art.

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Conversation with Arnaldo Roche
Robert Hobbs, a New York based curator, writer and featured essayist in the Arnaldo Roche catalog, will guide visitors through the exhibition Arnaldo Roche: Brotherhood / Hermandad as he interviews the artist and discusses his work.

Details: Special guest speaker, Dr. Antonio Curet