Day 162 – Art in the Brew

At the Community Exhibit Space, 1st Floor City Hall
June 3-26

Day 162- Art in the Brew showcases the work of three young visual artists who reside in the El Paso area. Characterized by large scale paintings, this exhibition offers an insight to the artists’ every day experiences. Individuals are invited to interpret the artwork on exhibit now at Exhibit Community Space-1st Floor City Hall.

About the Artists

Alfred Perez was born in El Paso, graduated from Bowie High School and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas at El Paso in painting and graphic design. He will be attending Texas Tech University for his Masters of Fine Arts in the fall.

His work has changed in method and structure in the past year. Perez’s current work attempts to capture the viewers’ attention if only for those few seconds when the painting is seen. The viewer then interprets the work with his own ideas and biases. The artist uses images that seem to reflect the ideologies of everyday life. Perez says, “It is only then can we feel truly human and for that moment forget the divine so that we can permit ourselves to look at our own humanity and our own demise.”
Reginald W. Armstrong Reginald was born in West Berlin, Germany. Some of his major influences are artists such as Kehinde Wiley, Pablo Picasso, Jeff Koons, Francis Bacon, Salvador Dali, Takashi Murakami, John Pugh, and Ben Grasso.

His work is an expressive battle between the good, the bad and the uncontrollable. Armstrong takes what he sees everyday then separates the elements that aesthetically move him and incorporate these elements into his processes. Armstrong has taken a strong interest to the industrial world and its function to society as an economic tool and the role it plays in modern design. His work presents a combination of juxtaposed imagery and personal experiences.

Abel Saucedo is an emerging visual artist in his hometown of El Paso. In May 2009 he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas at El Paso in Sculpture and Painting. Abel has developed an amazing relationship with his art. This is a place where he takes on battles and questions beliefs. He makes art through intuition and uses any material possible to give shape to an idea. His work questions the idea of concept. Abel feels it is important to produce artwork in his community.