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Héctor Arce-Espasas b. 1982, Puerto Rico, Hector lives and works in New York

Hector Arce-Espasas uses images that are inherent to the geographic and cultural milieu of the tropics. He appropriates and transfigures some of these images in order to transgress their current symbolic meaning in a sensuous play of conflicting alliances. The images lure and repel while playing with the idea of the pineapple as the easily attainable commercial fruit of ‘tropical paradise’.

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    • Héctor Arce-Espasas (b. 1982), Untitled (Palm Tree SCL)
      Mar. 13, 2020

      Héctor Arce-Espasas (b. 1982), Untitled (Palm Tree SCL)

      Est: $800 - $1,200

      Héctor Arce-Espasas (b. 1982), Untitled (Palm Tree SCL) acrylic on canvas, 2014, artist monogramed and dated on verso. 28 x 23 in. Named one of "10 Exceptional Millenial Artists to Watch in 2016" by Artnet News, Héctor Arce-Espasas was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and now lives and works in New York. His work appropriates images inherent to the geographical and cultural milieu of the tropics as a means of commentary on the idea of "paradise." Héctor Arce-Espasas exhibits internationally. In 2017, he was was specially commissioned by PULSE Art Fair Miami for a large scale site specific work, Ode to Paradise (Dancers). Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy From the Personal Collection of Dr. Carlos Garcia-Velez and Dr. W. Kent Davis, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Additional high-resolution photos are available at LelandLittle.com

      Leland Little Auctions
    • HECTOR ARCE-ESPASAS
      Dec. 08, 2018

      HECTOR ARCE-ESPASAS

      Est: CHF3,000 - CHF5,000

      HECTOR ARCE-ESPASAS (San Juan/Puerto Rico 1982 - lives and works in New York) Untitled (Palm Tree). 2014. Acrylic on canvas. Monogrammed and dated on the overlap: HAE 14. 147.5 x 122 cm. Provenance: Private collection Switzerland. --------------- HECTOR ARCE-ESPASAS (San Juan/Puerto Rico 1982 - lebt und arbeitet in New York) Ohne Titel (Palm Tree). 2014. Acryl auf Leinwand. Verso auf der Überlappung monogrammiert und datiert: HAE 14. 147,5 x 122 cm. Provenienz: Privatsammlung Schweiz.

      Koller Auctions
    • HECTOR ARCE-ESPASAS
      Dec. 08, 2018

      HECTOR ARCE-ESPASAS

      Est: CHF3,000 - CHF5,000

      HECTOR ARCE-ESPASAS (San Juan/Puerto Rico 1982 - lives and works in New York) Untitled (Palm Tree). 2014. Acrylic on canvas. Monogrammed and dated on the reverse: HAE 14. 147.5 x 122 cm. Provenance: Private collection Switerzland. Hector Arce-Espasas was born in San Juan in Puerto Rico in 1982. He began his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and then moved to New York to study at Hunter College. In the following years he took part in various group shows, especially in the United States and Great Britain, so that his artistic work became increasingly well known. He was awarded various artistic residencies, which led him to different parts of America, as well as various arts prizes. In 2014 he had his first solo show at a gallery in Turin, which marked his breakthrough in Europe. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn. His childhood in Puerto Rico shaped his entire artistic production and is the main theme of his work. His paintings and sculptures are imbued with images of the tropics. Southern landscapes, fruits, trees and nature are images which he uses again and again. They are symbols of an idyllic nature, which he transposes and presents as a portrait of this region. Behind these beautiful images is hidden a critique of the mass tourism and the fantasies which are always associated with the region. Through his art he pays tribute to the southern landscape of his childhood, and his cultural identity, to which he adds, however, a darker and wider meaning. With “Untitled (Palm tree)” he plays with the idea of the palm, which he depicts as a firework. They are the main symbol of the tropical landscape and southern coasts, so beloved of the tourists. The palm trees painted with a dynamic brush stroke on the calm, beige canvas, produce the unique effect of Acre-Espasa’s paintings. --------------- HECTOR ARCE-ESPASAS (San Juan/Puerto Rico 1982 - lebt und arbeitet in New York) Ohne Titel (Palm Tree). 2014. Acryl auf Leinwand. Verso auf der Überlappung monogrammiert und datiert: HAE 14. 147,5 x 122 cm. Provenienz: Privatsammlung Schweiz. Hector Arce-Espasas wird 1982 in San Juan in Puerto Rico geboren. Er beginnt sein Studium an der School of the Art Institute of Chicago, danach zieht es ihn nach New York ans Hunter College. In den folgenden Jahren nimmt er an diversen Gruppenausstellungen, vor allem in den USA und in Grossbritanien, teil, wodurch seine künstlerische Arbeit zunehmend bekannter wird. Er gewinnt unterschiedliche Künstlerresidenzen, die ihn durch Amerika führen, sowie verschiedene Kunstpreise. 2014 hat er seine erste Einzelausstellung in einer Galerie in Turin, was seinen Durchbruch auch in Europa bedeutet. Zurzeit lebt und arbeitet er in Brooklyn. Seine Kindheit in Puerto Rico prägt sein ganzes künstlerisches Schaffen und ist das Hauptthema seiner Arbeit. Bilder der Tropen erfüllen seine Gemälde und Skulpturen. Südliche Landschaften, Früchte, Bäume und die Natur sind Bilder, die er immer wieder nutzt. Sie werden Symbole einer idyllischen Natur, die er überträgt und als Porträt dieser Region darstellt. Hinter diesen schönen Bildern jedoch versteckt sich die Kritik am Massentourismus und den Fantasmen, die mit der Region immer assoziiert werden. Durch seine Kunst würdigt er die südliche Landschaft seiner Kindheit und seine kulturelle Identität, die er aber mit einer dunkleren und weiteren Bedeutung umgibt. Mit „Untitled (Palm tree)“ spielt er mit Palmen, die er als Feuerwerk dargestellt. Sie sind die Hauptsymbole tropischer Landschaften und südlicher Küsten, die Touristen so schätzen. Die mit dynamischen Pinselduktus gemalten Palmen auf der ruhigen, beigen Leinwand, erzeugen den einzigartigen Effekt von Acre-Espasas Gemälden.

      Koller Auctions
    • HECTOR ARCE-ESPASAS | Untitled
      Jul. 31, 2018

      HECTOR ARCE-ESPASAS | Untitled

      Est: £800 - £1,200

      stoneware clay and acrylic on linen Executed in 2014.

      Sotheby's
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