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Carlos Rosales-Silva: Sunland Park

Past exhibition
January 27 - March 27, 2021 New York City
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Carlos Rosales-Silva: Sunland Park

Using landscape and architecture as a foundation, the works of Sunland Park reflect a process of change that expresses artistic and cultural histories beyond the confines of language. As the artist states, “There's a consistent influence of the landscape and architecture and artists that I grew up with along the border of Texas, Mexico, and El Paso. I'm constantly looking back at the landscape, looking back at the architecture.” Starting with a concrete source of inspiration such as Mexican stucco construction or hand-painted, plexiglass signs, the work becomes abstracted as the artist moves further away from the source. It is then recalled by color, texture, and line to form an object endowed with layers of significance. The artist shares, “I find abstraction to be a useful tool for navigating the tense states that Brownness often finds itself in, states where we attempt to preserve cultural tradition while assimilating for survival purposes, states where home is experienced in fleeting moments and memory.” The artist’s works consider the histories of vernacular cultures of the American Southwest, the western canon of art history, and the political and cultural connections and disparities between them.

 

ABOUT THE ARTIST

 

Carlos Rosales-Silva is an artist and educator working and living between New York, NY, and El Paso, Texas. His works are grounded in a practice of painting but often borrow from sculptural and installation methods, existing in the spaces between classification. For the last decade, his studio has focused on research and mediation on the increasing histories of Brown people in the United States. The artist’s works are abstract acts of personal discovery that reveal meaning long after they are completed. In this sense, they are non-textual communications, a meditative and slow way of processing knowledge. In 2018 Rosales-Silva was an artist in residence at Artpace, San Antonio and he is now the Abrons Art Center, New York, NY Visual Artist AIRspace Resident. His artwork has been part of various exhibitions throughout Texas and the United States, including Artpace, San Antonio, TX; Sadie Halie Projects, Minneapolis, MN; MFA Brown Art, Governors Island, NY; and Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE.

 

 

 

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Works
  • Carlos Rosales-Silva Blood Moon Under a Palmita, 2021 Sand in acrylic and flashe paint on panel 16 x 12 x 1 in 40.6 x 30.5 x 2.54 cm
    Carlos Rosales-Silva
    Blood Moon Under a Palmita, 2021
    Sand in acrylic and flashe paint on panel
    16 x 12 x 1 in
    40.6 x 30.5 x 2.54 cm
  • Carlos Rosales-Silva Rio, 2021 Acrylic and flashe on linen 12 x 9 x 1 in 30.5 x 22.9 x 2.54 cm
    Carlos Rosales-Silva
    Rio, 2021
    Acrylic and flashe on linen
    12 x 9 x 1 in
    30.5 x 22.9 x 2.54 cm
  • Carlos Rosales-Silva Cactus Garden, 2021 Acrylic and flashe on linen 12 x 9 x 1 in 30.5 x 22.9 x 2.54 cm
    Carlos Rosales-Silva
    Cactus Garden, 2021
    Acrylic and flashe on linen
    12 x 9 x 1 in
    30.5 x 22.9 x 2.54 cm
  • Carlos Rosales-Silva Biblioteca, 2020 Sand in acrylic paint on panel 16 x 12 x 1 in 40.64 x 30.48 x 2.54 cm
    Carlos Rosales-Silva
    Biblioteca, 2020
    Sand in acrylic paint on panel
    16 x 12 x 1 in
    40.64 x 30.48 x 2.54 cm
  • Carlos Rosales-Silva La Pulga, 2019 Dyed stones, acrylic paint, and acrylic plastic on custom shaped panel 22 x 20 x 1 in 55.88 x 50.8 x 2.54 cm
    Carlos Rosales-Silva
    La Pulga, 2019
    Dyed stones, acrylic paint, and acrylic plastic on custom shaped panel
    22 x 20 x 1 in
    55.88 x 50.8 x 2.54 cm
  • Carlos Rosales-Silva Border Exchange, 2020 Sand in acrylic paint on panel 18 x 14 x 2 in 45.72 x 35.56 x 5.08 cm
    Carlos Rosales-Silva
    Border Exchange, 2020
    Sand in acrylic paint on panel
    18 x 14 x 2 in
    45.72 x 35.56 x 5.08 cm
  • Carlos Rosales-Silva Amanacer/Atardecer, 2020 Acrylic plastic and flashe paint on custom panels 10 x 10 x 1.5 in each 25.4 x 25.4 x 3.81 cm
    Carlos Rosales-Silva
    Amanacer/Atardecer, 2020
    Acrylic plastic and flashe paint on custom panels
    10 x 10 x 1.5 in each
    25.4 x 25.4 x 3.81 cm
  • Carlos Rosales-Silva Nopalitos, Tuna, y Xoconostle, 2020 Sand in acrylic paint and flashe paint on custom panel 22 x 22 1.25 in 55.88 x 55.88 x 1.25 cm
    Carlos Rosales-Silva
    Nopalitos, Tuna, y Xoconostle, 2020
    Sand in acrylic paint and flashe paint on custom panel
    22 x 22 1.25 in
    55.88 x 55.88 x 1.25 cm
  • Carlos Rosales-Silva Fuego en el Cielo, 2019 Dyed stones and acrylic paint on custom panel 23 x 21 x 1 in 58.42 x 53.34 x 2.54 cm
    Carlos Rosales-Silva
    Fuego en el Cielo, 2019
    Dyed stones and acrylic paint on custom panel
    23 x 21 x 1 in
    58.42 x 53.34 x 2.54 cm
  • Carlos Rosales-Silva Diablo en el Jardin, 2019 Crushed stone, acrylic paint, and acrylic plastic on custom shaped panel 43 x 29 x 1 in 109.2 x 73.7 x 2.54 cm
    Carlos Rosales-Silva
    Diablo en el Jardin, 2019
    Crushed stone, acrylic paint, and acrylic plastic on custom shaped panel
    43 x 29 x 1 in
    109.2 x 73.7 x 2.54 cm
  • Carlos Rosales-Silva Border Exchange Studies (Red & Purple), 2021 Sand in acrylic and flashe paint on panel 10 x 8 x 1 in 25.4 x 20.32 x 2.54 cm
    Carlos Rosales-Silva
    Border Exchange Studies (Red & Purple), 2021
    Sand in acrylic and flashe paint on panel
    10 x 8 x 1 in
    25.4 x 20.32 x 2.54 cm
  • Carlos Rosales-Silva Border Exchange Studies (Red & Yellow), 2021 Sand in acrylic and flashe paint on panel 10 x 8 x 1 in 25.4 x 20.32 x 2.54 cm
    Carlos Rosales-Silva
    Border Exchange Studies (Red & Yellow), 2021
    Sand in acrylic and flashe paint on panel
    10 x 8 x 1 in
    25.4 x 20.32 x 2.54 cm
  • Carlos Rosales-Silva Border Exchange Studies (Red & Blue), 2021 Sand in acrylic and flashe paint on panel 10 x 8 x 1 in 25.4 x 20.32 x 2.54 cm
    Carlos Rosales-Silva
    Border Exchange Studies (Red & Blue), 2021
    Sand in acrylic and flashe paint on panel
    10 x 8 x 1 in
    25.4 x 20.32 x 2.54 cm
  • Carlos Rosales-Silva Border Exchange Studies (Green & Orange), 2021 Sand in acrylic and flashe paint on panel 10 x 8 x 1 in 25.4 x 20.32 x 2.54 cm
    Carlos Rosales-Silva
    Border Exchange Studies (Green & Orange), 2021
    Sand in acrylic and flashe paint on panel
    10 x 8 x 1 in
    25.4 x 20.32 x 2.54 cm
  • Carlos Rosales-Silva Border Exchange Studies (Pink & Tan), 2021 Sand in acrylic and flashe paint on panel 10 x 8 x 1 in 25.4 x 20.32 x 2.54 cm
    Carlos Rosales-Silva
    Border Exchange Studies (Pink & Tan), 2021
    Sand in acrylic and flashe paint on panel
    10 x 8 x 1 in
    25.4 x 20.32 x 2.54 cm
  • Carlos Rosales-Silva Border Exchange Studies (Purple & Yellow), 2021 Sand in acrylic and flashe paint on panel 10 x 8 x 1 in 25.4 x 20.32 x 2.54 cm
    Carlos Rosales-Silva
    Border Exchange Studies (Purple & Yellow), 2021
    Sand in acrylic and flashe paint on panel
    10 x 8 x 1 in
    25.4 x 20.32 x 2.54 cm
Installation Views
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Press
  • Carlos Rosales-Silva's "Border Exchange Studies," as seen in "Sunland Park" at Ruiz-Healy Art

    We Haven't Been Taught How to Look at Art Like Latinx Painter Carlos Rosales-Silva's. Here's What It Can Teach Us.

    Barbara Calderón, Artnet News, February 3, 2021
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Publications
  • Carlos Rosales-Silva: Sunland Park  I Ruiz-Healy Art

    Carlos Rosales-Silva: Sunland Park I Ruiz-Healy Art

    Essay by Barbara Calderón 2021
    Digital catalogue 38 pages
    Publisher: Ruiz-Healy Art
    Dimensions: 8 x 10"
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