"THIRTEEN"

Acrylic on Canvas

by OSCAR SOLES (El Salvador)

June, 2001

“THIRTEEN” ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BY SALVADORAN ARTIST OSCAR SOLES
ON VIEW AT THE ESPACIO CULTURAL SALVADORENO JUNE 1 - JULY 30, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C.

“THIRTEEN” is a selection of new works of art by Salvadoran painter Oscar Soles. On view at the Espacio Cultural Salvadoreño at 1724 20th Street, NW (between R & S Streets), Monday through Friday from 8 am to 3 pm.
An Artist reception will be held during the exhibit opening on Friday, June 1, 2001. 6 - 8 PM. The exhibit is on view through July 30, 2001.
The exhibition was organized by Mario Cáder-Frech, Director Ad-Honorem of the Espacio Cultural Salvadoreño located in the Dupont Circle area, and made possible by the generous support of the Fundación Cultural Cáder, Western Union, and Pilsener Beer. The Espacio Cultural Salvadoreño is an all-volunteer not for profit center dedicated to promoting emerging visual artists from El Salvador .
THIRTEEN is a retrospective of Soles’ three artistic stages which consits of thirteen paintings divided into the three different periods of his carreer. The first period consists of six paintings of approximately 27” x 19”. The second period consits of four paintings of approximately 35” x 27”. And the third period consits of three paintings of approximately 50” x 50”.
Looking back at Soles career, his three periods have a style which synergises with each other, while at the same time keeping a mark, or a difference between each other. His carrer has been focused all along in depicting the artists’ own roots in an universal format to transend through cultures and languages, as well as through decades in art.
Visitors will be able to detect Neo-Figurative and Neo-Surrealist styles in his themes and palettes.
His images trace back to the begining of modern art in the 20th Century, from Braque and Picasso influences, to his contemporaries in New York today, such as Donald Judd’s semitry and Matthew Ritchie’s Neo-Abstract/Figurativism.

Contact: Mario Cader-Frech (202)256-6542