Peculiar Art from Peculiar Corners

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Aug 31, 2019
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The Psyche, the Self and Mental Health Awareness; Figurative and Expressionist Artworks Come to Life by Young Puerto Rican Student

About Kevin Rodriguez Rodriguez

Twenty-two year old from San Sebastian, Puerto Rico reached out to Auténtix this month and shared with us his unique work. Today, we end this beautiful month of August with his figurative and expressionist style. His intertwining paintings with three dimensional elements including film photography (Polaroids) and/or even foam makes their own statement. Some may say his artworks comes to interesting degrees of an analytical self-evaluating yet indulging psyche by addressing clear and relevant messages of for others to relate. The latino artist enjoys referencing his works from music, Italian culture, mental health awareness and is inspired by the psychology behind the persons usual and unusual human behavior.

"I would define my art as peculiar expressiveness. A peculiarity that focuses on personal symbology and original interpretations of the self."

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His Story

For the past two years of his life, art was the rock that kept him going, says the young student. He identifies as an enthusiastic and progressive artist, completely focused to his profession. Kevin share his intimate relationship with his art and how it became his own medicine, his cure and his prime source of communication; an experiential release of the self. After the hurricane, painting was the only remedy to oversee the overwhelming emotions post trauma. Having ongoing weeks without communicating to family, friends, and others was a tormenting psychological challenge for him.

The anxiety and distress caused by the natural disaster, soon to mark its second anniversary, was the trigger to set forward his artworks at another level. Subsequently, his art had numerous evolving states. From one extreme to another, colorful paintings to all-grey palettes was part of this unfolding of new revelations in his work. He follows by acknowledging how his technique improved because of this, but still wants to perfect and advance within his thematics and style.

What He's Done

Having participated in multiple exhibitions during his short career, his annual presence as a student at the University of Puerto at Mayagüez in the (2018, 2019) Mental Health "The Color of Your Mind" was one of great personal importance. Others expositions and contributions include: "One Look at The Town" with a cultural theme of San Sebastián's background; a mural for "Brain Awareness Week" with artist Genesis Rivera; he inaugurated of the "Tablón Efímero de Expresión Artística" (TEEA) at UPRM and many others are some of the most recent works Kevin has introduced to his public audience.