Dan Hernandez and Arturo Rodriguez
Dan Hernandez creates intricate tableaux that blend religious iconography with the contemporary visual language of video games, two genres which somehow collapse seamlessly together in farcical send-ups of culture and society. His paintings explore the visual dialog between religion, mythology, and pop culture. He is represented at Kim Foster Gallery in New York City. His work is exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions and has been written about in a number of publications including ARTnews, HyperAllergic, Artillery Magazine, Arte Fuse, Gizmodo, Der Spiegel. Dan was selected for an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellency Award in 2011 and in 2015.
Learn more at https://kimfostergallery.com/dan-hernandez/.
Arturo Rodriguez work deals with the particular issues that arise from a separation thru exile. “I make paintings, prints, and mixed media works that are rooted in my experience as someone who finds it difficult to identify with a cultural group.” As a native Cuban, he has lived most of his life in the United States. Most recently he has been awarded a 2006-07 Individual Artist Excellence Award from The Ohio Arts Council.
Exhibition: September 13th - October 21st, 2021 at McKissick Museum
Lecture by Dan Hernandez: September 13th, 6:00 PM. Register for your tickets online or by calling 803-777-7251. Livestream the lecture on Blackboard Collaborate.
Lecture by Arturo Rodriguez: October 21st, 6:00 PM at McKissick Museum.
Coordinators: Brent Dedas and Lana Burgess
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About the Exhibition: In this visiting artist exhibition, both artists are identified culturally as Hyphenated-Americans (Rodriguez, Cuban-American and Hernandez, Mexican-American). Working with a variety of borrowed imagery ranging from video games to pre-renaissance painting (Hernandez) and from cartoons to American home décor (Rodriguez), both artists combine these source materials in different ways to create new visual forms. Much like hyphenated words, these forms function as the product of their parts, but also suggest new meaning through their unique composition.
