Artist Essay: Pepon Osorio

The artist i viewed for the Art:21 was Pepon Osorio. He was a contemporary artist, who made live scenes as his art. He was Puerto Rican and had and African Descent. At one point of his life, Pepon Osorio was a social worker. His artwork was very family oriented. His pieces that he showed was everyday living environments mixed in a history of a family. A large part of his work is his Latino heritage. The recent piece was a homage to his father. It featured a barbershop where his father used to work. He was afraid of getting his hair cut and had been terrified there after since. It is called “scene of a crime” it is supposed to be sacred. It had a lot of caution tape, broken glass, and broken dreams. There were many family pictures presented around the various rooms. The pictures told stories of his happy childhood and what the outcome was later in his life.
Overall I enjoyed this artist because he step outside the box and was not something you saw every day, something you could interact with, and you could get the full effect.