Al Diaz and Juan Carlos Pinto
Discarded
April 05, 2019– April 27th, 2019
916 Bedford ave, Brooklyn
916 Bedford ave, Brooklyn
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The Bishop Gallery is pleased to present Discarded, an exhibition using reclaimed materials from the NYC Metro Transit Authority by artists Al Diaz and Juan Carlos Pinto. Utilizing these materials, they both create intriguing art that urge social responsibility. As seasoned artists they express an acute awareness of the state of the world around them.
In this exhibition both artist create a visual commentary about the importance of environmental and cultural sustainability. Díaz’ large scale, cutting and edgy, text-based WET PAINT signage addresses the human condition and our lack of empathy for the planet. Pinto’s finely tuned collage work with MTA cards illustrates the delicate beauty of nature and references preservation, migration and social class. Al Díaz’s career spans five decades. At 15 he was the recognized subway graffiti artist known as “BOMBONE.” His friendship and collaboration with schoolmate Jean-Michel Basquiat on SAMO©… (an Avantgarde graffiti project), and the iconic hip-hop record,“Beat Bop” are noted in contemporary art history. A sought-after expert of New York City counterculture art, he appears in publications, films and speaks at universities and museums. His mixed media work is shown and collected internationally. Juan Carlos Pinto’s works are concerned with issues of social responsibility such as human and animal rights, environmental preservation, and empowerment of minorities. Pinto’s favored mediums are murals, paint, tile, wood, stencil spray and the use of non-biodegradable plastic and glass. His legacy, as he sees it, is to be known as an artist who demands change to a Green Revolution. |