2008 Woodie Awards
Hispanic artists featured at UCF Art Gallery
Nicole Willis
Issue date: 10/22/08 Section: News
The UCF Art Gallery presented an art collection by Hispanic artists for the first time during Hispanic Heritage Month.
The two artists, Obed Gomez and Pedro Brull, were featured this week in a collection called "Dos Estilos, Dos Caminos," Spanish for "Two Styles, Two Paths."
The exhibition is one component of the fourth annual UCF Latin American Cultural Festival of Orlando. Gomez and Brull are Puerto Rican natives who moved to the U.S. and have become nationally known for their artwork, Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies Director Jose Maunez-Cuadra said.
The collection of paintings was on display to the public in the UCF Art Gallery, the works' bright colors noticeable upon entrance to the gallery in the Visual Arts Building. Both artists' work has been shown in many museums in Florida and across the U.S., including New York City and Washington D.C.
Gomez and Brull's paintings depict some of Puerto Rico's customs, like dancing and domino playing, the latter being a common theme in much of Brull's work.
"It's a fine example to show their culture as well as their style of art," Janet Kilbride, assistant director of the UCF Art Gallery, said. Kilbride said the art department was eager to participate in Hispanic Heritage Month this year.
While both artists' award-winning work seems to thrive on the use of color, their themes are somewhat different. Gomez's paintings often featured aspects of Hispanic culture, like dancing, singing and parades.
On the other hand, Brull's work contains more of an emphasis on individual people and vanishing points, a technique used in art in which parallel lines meet at a single point on the horizon.
A Hispanic woman pushing a stroller gazed at each painting in the gallery, enthusiastically explaining some of the works to her son. Margarita Pineiro, who lives in nearby Avalon Park, came to the gallery on a recommendation and was impressed particularly by one of Gomez's pieces, "Father and Baby."
The two artists, Obed Gomez and Pedro Brull, were featured this week in a collection called "Dos Estilos, Dos Caminos," Spanish for "Two Styles, Two Paths."
The exhibition is one component of the fourth annual UCF Latin American Cultural Festival of Orlando. Gomez and Brull are Puerto Rican natives who moved to the U.S. and have become nationally known for their artwork, Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies Director Jose Maunez-Cuadra said.
The collection of paintings was on display to the public in the UCF Art Gallery, the works' bright colors noticeable upon entrance to the gallery in the Visual Arts Building. Both artists' work has been shown in many museums in Florida and across the U.S., including New York City and Washington D.C.
Gomez and Brull's paintings depict some of Puerto Rico's customs, like dancing and domino playing, the latter being a common theme in much of Brull's work.
"It's a fine example to show their culture as well as their style of art," Janet Kilbride, assistant director of the UCF Art Gallery, said. Kilbride said the art department was eager to participate in Hispanic Heritage Month this year.
While both artists' award-winning work seems to thrive on the use of color, their themes are somewhat different. Gomez's paintings often featured aspects of Hispanic culture, like dancing, singing and parades.
On the other hand, Brull's work contains more of an emphasis on individual people and vanishing points, a technique used in art in which parallel lines meet at a single point on the horizon.
A Hispanic woman pushing a stroller gazed at each painting in the gallery, enthusiastically explaining some of the works to her son. Margarita Pineiro, who lives in nearby Avalon Park, came to the gallery on a recommendation and was impressed particularly by one of Gomez's pieces, "Father and Baby."
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