Norton Museum of Art 2023 Benefit Auction | Hosted by Sotheby’s
Norton Museum of Art 2023 Benefit Auction | Hosted by Sotheby’s
Angel Otero
Astronomy
Lot Closed
February 6, 07:25 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Angel Otero
b. 1981
Astronomy
Executed in 2022.
Signed, titled, and dated
Oil paint and fabric collaged on clayboard
14 x 11 x 1 in. (35.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm)
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Courtesy of the Artist and Hauser & Wirth
Angel Otero was born in 1981 in Santurce, Puerto Rico, where he resided until moving to Chicago in 2004, where he received his MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Otero’s practice is known for employing highly innovative techniques that challenge the parameters of his materials, revealing the intrinsic qualities of paint. His works are rooted in abstract image making and engage with ideas of memory through addressing art history, as well as his own lived experience. Otero is well known for the Oil Skin works he began in 2010, an ongoing series that demonstrates the inherently transformative nature of the artist’s practice as well as his dedication to expanding the visual field of abstract expressionism.