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feature: meet bronx born and raised figurative painter irvin rodriguez
Painter Irvin Rodriguez is a fine artist born and raised in the Bronx. He simultaneously studied illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Grand Central Academy of Art with a focus in academic drawing, earning a B.A. in 2010. Rodriquez’s work has been acknowledge as the Golden Brush Award winner for the 27th L. Ron Hubbard’s Illustrators of the Future Contest. His work has been featured in Spectrum 17, Creative Quarterly, 3×3, CMYK Magazine, and more.
Most of Rodriguez’s work is centered on figurative work where he uses texture, brush strokes, and color to convey ideas and emotions, identities, and history. “The painting [“A Clean Slate, Ode To Private Gordon 1863″] is inspired by the story of a former slave named Gordon, who ran for 80 miles to join the Union Forces in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in March 1863. This famous photo of the welts on his badly “scourged back” was taken while he was being fitted for a uniform. The image was published in the widely read Harper’s Weekly in 1863,” Rodriquez tells AFROPUNK.
By Erin White*, AFROPUNK contributor
“A Clean Slate, Ode To Private Gordon 1863”
Oil on Linen, 32×24″, 2016
“Black and Gold”
Oil on Linen, 14 x 17″, 2014
“Levi”
Oil on Linen, 14 x 11″, 2015
“Lorelei’s Song”
Oil on Linen, 30 x 20″, 2015
“Reflect”
Oil on Linen, 20 x 16″, 2015
www.irvinrodriguez.com
*Erin White is an Atlanta-based writer and AFROPUNK’s editorial and social media assistant. You can follow her on Tumblr or friend her on Facebook. Have a pitch or an inquiry? Shoot her an email at erin@afropunk.com.
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