Resumen

Conceptually his oeuvre has always leaned towards a caustic approach to the chosen subject, in this instance migration. 

Barroso has created a very personal and peculiar iconography based on the intrinsic quality of objects. By using the matrix as oeuvre instead of the traditional print, the artist is rooting for the object. 

Obras
  • Abel Barroso, Kinetic Car, ND
    Abel Barroso
    Kinetic Car, ND
    Xylograph on wood
    32 x 42 x 21 in
    81.3 x 106.7 x 53.3 cm
  • Abel Barroso, Adaptador, 2021
    Abel Barroso
    Adaptador, 2021
    Wooden Sculpture, silkscreen on corrugated cardboard
    8 x 6 x 3 in
    20.3 x 15.2 x 7.6 cm
    Edition of 10
  • Abel Barroso, Wifi Table, 2018
    Abel Barroso
    Wifi Table, 2018
    Watercolor on paper
    21.5 x 30 in
    54.6 x 76.2 cm
  • Abel Barroso, Cat and Mouse, 2016
    Abel Barroso
    Cat and Mouse, 2016
    Collage on Paper
    27.5 x 39.25 in
    69.8 x 99.7 cm
  • Abel Barroso, Embassy Game, 2016
    Abel Barroso
    Embassy Game, 2016
    Xylography on wood
    13 3/4 x 19 1/4 x 1 3/4 in
    34.9 x 48.9 x 4.4 cm
    Edition 1 of 30 plus 5 artist's proofs
    $ 4,000.00
  • Abel Barroso, La Casa Mochila, 2016
    Abel Barroso
    La Casa Mochila, 2016
    Serigraph
    31.5 x 23 in
    80 x 58.4
    Edition 2 of 15
    $ 600.00 Sold
  • Abel Barroso, Assembling your Identity in Another Place, 2015
    Abel Barroso
    Assembling your Identity in Another Place, 2015
    Print
    30 x 22 in
    76.2 x 55.88 cm
    Ed. 1 of 30
  • Abel Barroso, Sharing, 2015
    Abel Barroso
    Sharing, 2015
    Collage on paper
    30 x 39.50 in
    76.2 x 100.33 cm
  • Abel Barroso, Untitled, 2015
    Abel Barroso
    Untitled, 2015
    Mixed media on heavy paper
    28 x 39 in
    71.12 x 99.06 cm
  • Abel Barroso, Where Are You Really Come From?, 2014
    Abel Barroso
    Where Are You Really Come From?, 2014
    Xylograph on wood
    20 x 22 x 7 1/2 in
    50.8 x 55.9 x 19.1 cm
    Sold
  • Abel Barroso, Cada Historia Tiene Su Color, 2012
    Abel Barroso
    Cada Historia Tiene Su Color, 2012
    Acrylic, pencil shavings and wood strips collaged on canvas
    48.50 x 72 in
    123.19 x 182.88 cm
  • Abel Barroso, El Mundo Es Plano, 2012
    Abel Barroso
    El Mundo Es Plano, 2012
    Collage, Acrylic and Ink on Canvas
    72 x 48 in
    182.88 x 121.92 cm
  • Abel Barroso, Entradas y Salidas Multiples, 2012
    Abel Barroso
    Entradas y Salidas Multiples, 2012
    Collage and Acrylic on Canvas
    48 x 72 in
    121.92 x 182.88 cm
  • Abel Barroso, Residencia Multiple, 2012
    Abel Barroso
    Residencia Multiple, 2012
    Sculpture, xylography on wood
    78 x 31 1/2 x 31 1/2 in
    198.1 x 80 x 80 cm
  • Abel Barroso, Subterráneo, 2012
    Abel Barroso
    Subterráneo, 2012
    Xylograph on wood
    52 x 16 x 33 1/2 in
    132.1 x 40.6 x 85.1 cm
  • Abel Barroso, Double identity, 2010
    Abel Barroso
    Double identity, 2010
    Xylography on wood, pins, rings, passports and string
    127 1/2 x 72 x 48 in
    323.9 x 182.9 x 121.9 cm
    $ 30,000.00
  • Abel Barroso, Jugo Del Tercer Mundo, 2008
    Abel Barroso
    Jugo Del Tercer Mundo, 2008
    Acrylic on Canvas
    53 x 33.5 in
    135.89 x 90.17 cm
    Sold
  • Abel Barroso, Un Pais Es Una Ilusion, 2008
    Abel Barroso
    Un Pais Es Una Ilusion, 2008
    Acrylic on Canvas
    30.5 x 58.25 in
    77.5 x 148 cm
  • Abel Barroso, Se acabó la guerra fría, a gozar con la globalización (The cold war is over, enjoy globalization), 2006
    Abel Barroso
    Se acabó la guerra fría, a gozar con la globalización (The cold war is over, enjoy globalization), 2006
    Sculpture of bridge in wood with video projected on the wall
    109 x 130 x 13 in
  • Abel Barroso, Robot Turista
    Abel Barroso
    Robot Turista
    Xylograph on wood
    18 x 12 x 4 1/2 in
    45.7 x 30.5 x 11.4 cm
    Sold
Biografía

Abel Barroso was born in 1971 in Pinar del Rio, Cuba. He was educated at the National School of Visual Arts and the Higher Institute of Art, both in Havana, Cuba.

His work has been extensively exhibited and can be found as part of the collection of important museums and institutions around the world, such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MOMA); the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba; the Blanton Museum at the University of Texas; The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Phoenix, Arizona; and the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida among others.

His work is overall sober, avoiding superficial and distracting elements such as color or an exquisite finish. Conceptually his oeuvre has always leaned towards a caustic approach to the chosen subject, in this instance migration. By taking advantage of the satirical and witty tradition in Cuban Art, Barroso is masking the political content of his work behind an apparently fresh and lighthearted vision of the situation. He is offering a playful take of a new social order, where the older structures are completely obsolete, and the new rules are dictated by different players, therefore bringing in front of us a new social scenario.

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