EMANUEL TORRES
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Emanuel Torres (Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, 1988) creates abstract compositions in which color is the main expression. Awarded with the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2018, music and poetry are a constant source of inspiration in his work. As a result, rhythm constantly emanates from each composition, accompanying the viewers while they immerse themselves in the activity of deciphering these colorful shapes.
Torres graduated from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras with a BA in theatre and philosophy and continued his studies in video art, installation and performance at the University of Puerto Rico, Cayey. He has participated in group and individual exhibitions across Puerto Rico, Europe, Japan, and the United States.
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Loor II, 2021
Oil on canvas
5 x 6 ft
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REVERIE AT DAWN
Emanuel Torres' new series of paintings, Reverie at Dawn reflect the hopeful feeling of early light, or in the mystic sense, “illumination." Forms that emulate the human body cascade across the canvases, exploring the idea of “lux in tenebris” (light in the darkness). Utilizing color, shape and form, this series of works aims to speak to the feelings of “togetherness” that comes from jointly navigating dark spaces, symbolically and literally.
Puerto Rican mystic poet Francisco Matos Paoli, is an ongoing source of inspiration to Torres. In this new series, Torres references “La ternura del albor” a poem that speaks to the colonial-political situation of Puerto Rico, and metaphors the Island as a “forbidden garden”. Paoli insists that one day “light will enlighten us” to truth and understanding.
Torres’ process begins with the color palette. He uses mostly bright, warm colors found in the light of dawn. From there, the shapes build the structural composition, forming a dream-like flurry of movement that feels fresh and extraordinarily strange, not unlike this present moment in history. The tension of possibility is ever present in the canvases, much like a new day bursting forth from a long, dark night.
Euritmia 2, 2021
Acrylic, oil and charcoal on canvas
20 x 16 in
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Euritmia 3, 2021
Acrylic, oil and charcoal on canvas
20 x 16 in
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Euritmia 4, 2021
Acrylic, oil and charcoal on canvas
20 x 16 in
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Euritmia 5, 2021
Acrylic, oil and charcoal on canvas
20 x 16 in
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Loor I, 2021
Oil on canvas
6 x 7 ft
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