Angel Otero: In the Studio

‘I’m not really trying to run away, I’m just letting things be what they really are’.
For his first major solo exhibition with Hauser & Wirth, we spoke to Angel Otero in his Brooklyn studio. ‘Swimming Where Time Was’ fills the 5th floor of the gallery’s 22nd street location, and this new body of work marks a turning point in the artist’s career, revealing a new sensibility that has emerged over the last few years.
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[@peganbrooke7866]

Whoa! Fantastic interview and ‘studio visit’. Refreshing and meaningful to listen to a young artist who speaks clearly, articulately and simply. The honesty behind the content and technique of his paintings really is elevating. Gotta love the art books to press the ‘print’ of the wet painting. Thank you !

[@elation0x]

He's an animal. Amazing work.

[@CarlosOrtiz-zy9os]

Motivador bro, viniendo d un boricua!! ✊🏽🔥

[@OngoingBox]

these works are awesome!

[@renel7303]

I thoroughly enjoy these little glimpses into the life and work of various artists. I live in a very conservative area that can be a bit of a cultural wasteland and it's refreshing to see what's happening.

[@lelly4870]

We need your truth, your heritage to be part of the work.

[@johncastle3615]

So many words ,so much stuff

[@braulioguerrastudio7758]

Beautiful video

[@javierromero23]

Master!

[@emj3407]

hi im an artist!

[@johnmorgan5495]

Really could do without the music it gets in the way of hearing the artist talking especially as he has a low voice anyway

[@tele68]

Agree. Maybe at the beginning and end, but otherwise just let the artist talk.

[@olafsager6056]

The really ridiculous with this Modern Art is, that there only is created some kind of colorful linen and canvas and more cloth. Developing some kind of content in a dresser, a wardrobe, they want to fit into a new wear, a new fine dress because they think they need one. They all want to look beautiful. Referring to our nakedness they are completely mute, mutants only of those humans we formerly called painters. They are chasing ''mynten'' now (that is money) instead of ''mythen'' (myth).

[@armandogavilan1815]

this garbage denounces itself as the crap that it is, unless you´ve been indoctrinated into this sect and eat all the artspeak behind it, you´ll see clearly that it is a fraud.

[@reinaldosanguino]

By the the humans “we formally called painters” are you referring to representational painters?

[@armandogavilan1815]

Ugly mess, but far from the worst.