Michael Vasquez

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Weight1 kg
Edition size :

50

Dimensions :

76,5 cm x 59 cm (30.12 in. x 23.23 in.)

Paper :

BFK Rives 270g

Technique :

1-color lithograph on stone printed with Marinoni lithographic press, hand cut.

Signature :

Signed by the artist, numbered and stamped by our publishing house.

Year :

2019

Price :

£490 (≈ $651, includes £30 of VAT, only applies to countries of the European Union)
£460 (≈ $611, without VAT, applies to the other countries)

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In his first series of stone lithographs, “𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 (𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳)”, Michael Vasquez employs the strength and weight of the medium to imprint notions of solidity and impenetrability. “𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 (𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳)” depicts a young man proudly guarding and protecting the entry point of a domestic dwelling. Serving as a gatekeeper, he defines the threshold between inclusion and exclusion —controlling access by dictating who belongs, and who does not.

“𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 (𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳)” continues Vasquez’s exploration of identity and belonging. Although longstanding themes in his work, current topics and issues of place, boundaries, access, and notions of tribalism propel these themes into new territory.

Weight1 kg
Edition size :

50

Dimensions :

76,5 cm x 59 cm (30.12 in. x 23.23 in.)

Paper :

BFK Rives 270g

Technique :

1-color lithograph on stone printed with Marinoni lithographic press, hand cut.

Signature :

Signed by the artist, numbered and stamped by our publishing house.

Year :

2019

Price :

£490 (≈ $651, includes £30 of VAT, only applies to countries of the European Union)
£460 (≈ $611, without VAT, applies to the other countries)

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Michael Vasquez

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Michael Vasquez’s work explores a world of misguided youth coming of age, trying to find themselves. In search of acceptance and belonging within an inherent disposition of broken homes and underserved communities, Vasquez’s subjects are primed for the influence and allure of neighborhood street gangs and cliques as they navigate the expectations and pressures of their peers, society, and culture at large.

Through the timeless visual presentation of identity, the painted portrait, Vasquez presents his subjects in dramatic and powerful compositions. The sitter’s gestures and expressions legitimatize a complex emotional landscape full of dueling feelings such as pride and shame, and toughness and vulnerability. Vasquez depicts these sentiments through a language of mark making that transcends representational likeness to describe the emotion, attitude, and energy of the sitter(s), setting, and the relationship between the two. He utilizes visual cues that inform identity such as color, specificity of clothing, hand signs, symbols, and tattoos; while maps, neighborhood landmarks, signage, and native foliage describe environment and establish location. Beyond portraiture, his work delves into the psyche of social landscapes, narrating neighborhood events, mischief, and the trials and tribulations that come with the territory. A place where stereotypical, often negative traits of masculinity are perpetuated and affirmed; where his sense of, or an illusion of, identity, community, and wholeness exists.

Michael Vasquez was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. He graduated from New World School of the Arts with a BFA in 2005 and currently lives and works in Miami. Vasquez’s work has been exhibited in numerous internationally recognized galleries and institutions including The Kemper Museum, Kansas City; Saatchi Gallery, London; Lehmann Maupin, New York City; the Americas Society, New York City; the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC; and in Florida at Fredric Snitzer Gallery, the MDC Museum of Art + Design; Frost Art Museum; MOCA North Miami; and The Orlando Museum of Art.

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