Undercover

Solo Exhibition

Galveston Arts Center
Galveston, Texas

October 6, 2019–January 5, 2020

View Undercover at Galveston Arts Center.

Gerardo Rosales explores issues of class, race, gender, and immigration to expose social inequalities experienced by immigrants coming from Latin America to the United States. Rosales appropriates ornamental aspects of folk art and geometric abstraction, infiltrated with elements that evoke adversity faced by these individuals looking for a better life, only to find themselves facing similar conditions of social and economic exclusion. His paintings include rich colors and patterns that juxtapose the harshness of the wilderness of the tropics with domestic imagery. His works mix conflict with playfulness as a means to exaggerate reality with irony.

This exhibition was supported in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and Texas Commission on the Arts.

Ants and Spiders, 2019. Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 60 inches.
Ants and Spiders
Mosquitoes and Hand-Painted Boots
Installation view
Mosquitoes, 2019. Acrylic_Canvas, 48 x 60 in
Mosquitoes
Installation View of Undercover, Galveston Arts Center
Installation view
Foreground_ Assemblages, Varied Materials
Installation view
Carnival, 2018. Acrylic on Canvas, 60 x 48 in
Carnival
Installation View of Undercover, Galveston Art Center
Installation view
Installation View of Carnival, Galveston Art Center
Carnival, installation view
Installation View of Undercover, Galveston Arts Center
Installation view
Pontricalisimo, 2019. Acrylic_Canvas, 60 x 48 in
Pontricalisimo
Installation View of Undercover, Galveston Arts Center
Installation view
Installation View of Undercover, Galveston Art Center
Installation view
Fireflies; 2019. Acrylic on Canvas, 24 x 30 in
Fireflies
Installation View of Undercover, Galveston Arts Center
Installation view
Bird’s Eye View, 2019. Acrylic on wall, 8 x 12 ft
Bird’s Eye View (detail)
Bird’s Eye View, 2019. Acrylic on wall, 8 x 12 ft
Bird’s Eye View (detail)
Bird’s Eye View, 2019. Acrylic on wall, 8 x 12 ft
Bird’s Eye View (detail)
Bird’s Eye View, 2019 (detail). Acrylic on wall, 8 x 12 ft
Bird’s Eye View (detail)
Bird’s Eye View, 2019 (detail). Acrylic on wall, 8 x 12 ft
Bird’s Eye View (detail)
Fireflies 2, 2019. Acrylic on Canvas, 24 x 30 in
Fireflies 2
Untitled, 2019. Acrylic on rubber rain boots
Untitled (acrylic on rubber rain boots)
Untitled, 2019. Acrylic on rubber rain boots.
Untitled (acrylic on rubber rain boots)
Untitled, 2019. Acrylic on rubber rain boots.
Untitled (acrylic on rubber rain boots)
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Installation view
Untitled, 2019. Acrylic on rubber rain boots.
Untitled (acrylic on rubber rain boots)
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