Wallscape. Pavel Acosta. Intervention in the permanent collection of El Museo del Barrio. La Bienal: This is where we Jump. El Museo del Barrio, 2013 Wallscape has an antecedent in the series Stolen Paint, 2008-present, that I started in Havana, Cuba. Back then, I decided to incorporate in my artistic process the way Cubans survive the daily hardships, as the state doesn’t pay them enough to make a living out of their job. They steal the state’s property to then re-sell it in the black market. In 2008, I started stealing paint ships from different surfaces, all over Havana. I searched for paint that was already aging and falling apart in walls, doors, chairs, cars, etc., and used it in my collages. The visual result was related with the aesthetics of Havana itself —which is very deteriorated. I am very interested on the idea of recycling in art, while it is also important for me to re-codify the materials used. Once I came to live in the States, I kept working with this technique, but the pieces began to relate to other concepts and contexts. When I was invited to participate in the bienal, I had in mind I wanted to reproduce the piece that was in the wall in front of the one I was assigned. I also knew I would use the old paint I found on the wall, but I had no exact idea of how the result was going to look like. The piece in the front wall ended up being very colorful, carnavalesque, and baroque (Goat Song #5: Tumult on George Washington Avenue, 1988, by Manuel Macarulla,) and the paint I found in my wall was mostly mochromatic, with different tones of white, thus creating a great contrast. #pavelacosta #gallery #newyorktimes #elmuseo #performance #galleryopening #fineart #art #artwalk #instalation #collage #bernicesteinbaum #artist #contemporarypainting #modernpainting #contemporaryart #artstudio #alternative #caribeanart #alternative #drywallart #artwall #interiordesign #sheetrockart #contemporaryart #chelseaart #drywall #drywallartist https://www.instagram.com/p/CG0AGholFJU/?igshid=1qcic87t5ogb3
