Adrián Viajero Román: Archivos Vivos, September 9 - November 16, 2024.

September 9 - November 16, 2024

Public Reception:

Thursday, September 19, 4 - 6 pm

Adrián Viajero Román seated cross-legged reading a book, surrounded by two suitcases and a decorated drum in front of a green wooden door.

About

Adrián Viajero Román is an interdisciplinary artist and advocate living and working between Brooklyn, NY, and the island-archipelago of Puerto Rico. His practice spans portraiture, assemblage, installation, painting, and sculpture and explores issues of race, migration, memory, sacred materiality, and identity. Through his signature fusion of drawing, painting, sculpture, and installation, Román reimagines traditional portraiture by creating environments that offer potent cultural and historical context for understanding the current socio-political issues faced by Puerto Rican community members on the island and in New York City. He is as dedicated to paying homage to complex narratives of collective and individual strength, resistance, resilience, and dignity as he is committed to confronting the systemic issues his communities face.

Drawing on wood of a boy seen from behind, wearing a Disney backpack and holding a paper airplane, with a small crown above him.
Assemblage inside an open vintage trunk featuring a girl covering her face, a washboard, a broom, a Puerto Rican flag, and a black-and-white photograph hanging on a clothesline.

Pasaporte, 2015

Mi Caridad, 2010

Assemblage of a wooden chair holding books and a hat, with a cane, a suitcase, and an oval Agua sign arranged on weathered wooden planks.

Adios: Dón Fernando Román, 2006

Installation view of a dark gallery hall with marble columns, showing artworks on yellow and white walls and a large portrait suspended from the ceiling.

Caja De Memoria Viva II: Constancia Colon Clemente, 2018