Heart-Shaped

Date2015

MediumAcrylic on assembled canvas

Dimensions48 × 48 in. (121.9 × 121.9 cm) Framed Size: 49 3/4 × 49 3/4 in. (126.4 × 126.4 cm)

Credit LineDC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Collection

Object numberDCCAH2017.016.2

ClassificationsPaintings

Locations

EOM General Counsel (1350 Penn Ave NW, STE 300)

DescriptionTechnically, Santiago Flores Charneco’s artwork focuses on the use of visual languages that reflect the heterogeneous Caribbean region, based on the conceptual exploration of paintings as welded-‐surfaces or mosaic like structures. Although most of Charneco’s assemblages reflect a clear engagement with Western artistic currents and media, they nonetheless, speak strongly to issues of Caribbean identity, popular culture, and the renovation of a fragmented cultural archipelago.