Antonio Pulgarín Honors His Colombian Heritage With Archival Imagery
| 10/04/21
"Fear of Your Kiss"
2020, 24in x 32in, Photographic Collage Printed on Acrylic, Edition 1 of 3
Baxter St's 2020 artist in residence Antonio Pulgarin launches their first solo gallery show with Lost Throughout the Pages (Whispers of The Caballeros).
The exhibition aims to democratize the history of beefcake imagery by including the lens and experience of the artist's queer Latinx identity. Featuring new images and collages drawn from two decades of queer archival imagery, each work incorporates textile patterns, colors, and printed source materials representative of Pulgarin's Colombian culture and heritage to expand upon the historically white queer canon.
Antonio Pulgarin (b. 1989) is a Colombian-American lens-based artist who utilizes photography, photographic collage, and mixed media in his practice. Pulgarin mounted his first solo exhibition at Kingsborough Art Museum in the fall of 2019. Pulgarin's work has been featured in exhibitions at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Aperture Foundation, Longwood Art Gallery, the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz, BRIC, and Musee de l'Elysee in Lausanne, Switzerland. His work has received honors from YoungArts, The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, EnFoco, The Magenta Foundation, Latin American Fotografia, American Photography, and PDN Photo Annual.
Baxter St's gallery is located at 126 Baxter St, the exhibition will be on view through October 6, 2021. www.baxterst.org
"Gun Oil Stud"
2020, 21in x 24in, Photographic Collage Printed on Dibond, Edition 1 of 3
"Lone Star"
2020, 24in x 32in, Photographic Collage Printed on Acrylic, Edition 1 of 3
"Just Another Night in the Pacific Northwest", Panel One
2021, 96in x 58in, Photographic Collage Printed Adhesive Vinyl Wallpaper
"Mi Piel, Tu Piel"
2020, 30in x 36in, Photographic Collage/Archival Pigment Print Adhered on, Bamboo, Edition 1 of 3
"On the Other Side of Flesh", Triptych
2021, 20 in x 57 in, Photographic Collage Printed on Dibond
"Oye Papi"
2021, 25in x 25in, Photographic Collage Printed on Acrylic, Edition 1 of 3
"Just Another Night in the Pacific Northwest", Panel Two
2021, 96.5in x 58in, Photographic Collage Printed Adhesive Vinyl Wallpaper
"The Silhouette of Queer Beauty Standards That Are Not My Own"
2021, 32in x 40in, Photographic Collage/Archival Pigment Print Adhered to Bamboo, Edition 1 of 3
"Que Tal Parcero?"
2020, 30in x 36in, Photographic Collage Printed on Dibond, Edition 1 of 3
"Red Handkerchief, Left Pocket"
2020, 30in x 36in, Photographic Collage/Archival Pigment Print Adhered on, Bamboo, Edition 1 of 3
"Without the Trappings"
2021, Size: 20in x 24in, Photographic Collage printed on Dibond, Edition 1 of 3
