El Separo, acrylic on canvas, 4' x 5' 2021
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May 12, 2024
by Pascual Hijuelos
My brother and I would jokingly refer to growing up in our family as growing up in the Dark Ages. Our home life was completely irrational. As a result, we both had a need to explore and understand our legacy and how to accept the irreparable. My brother became a writer. I became a painter. It is said that creativity is the opposite end of the scale to rationality. My paintings are for the most part irrational, and I make no attempt to make them rational. I strive to make them emotionally palatable.
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José Pascual Hijuelos, a Cuban-American, was born and raised on the Upper West Side of New York City. After serving four years of military service in England, he returned home and went on to complete an MFA in Painting. He studied with Philip Pearlstein, Lucas Samaras, Jimmy Ernst, Lee Bontecou and Alan D’Arcangelo, and was the assistant to Al Held for several years.
An abstract painter, Mr. Hijuelos was nurtured on Postwar American Abstract Painting, influenced by such notables as Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, Ben Nicholson and Al Held.
Mr. Hijuelos has traveled extensively. For many years, he worked as an archaeological site supervisor and illustrator in Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus. He now divides his time between San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and New York.
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On exhibit through July:
Intersección Gallery, Fabrica Aurora
www.interseccionart.com, 415-120-0944
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