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O S C A R A B R E U
Abreu proposes to us a cosmic
perception of the iconography of character that is
almost petroglyphic. However, when we explore the
psychology of his paintings, at once gestural and silent
because of the weight and densities of the line, on
occasion spatulated, one finds out that the essence of
his art is no more than a dramatic and painful
exposition of his interior self as an existential
autobiography; and also the pain, the blows, the hunger,
the injuries, and arcane silence that mankind has
witnessed.
Abil Peralta Agüero
"Huellas: La Invencion de Lo
Visible," Museo del Hombre Dominicano, November 2004
Undoubtedly, the narrative axis of the pictorial
creation of Oscar Abreu translates the unique
individual vision of the painter and tells us of the
uses of an esthetic-sensibility that covers the
visual form, assuring that the edges and centers of
a personified work are able to make invisible
emotions the narrative of the visible things.
Odalís G. Pérez
"Huellas: La Invencion de Lo
Visible," Museo del Hombre Dominicano, November
2004
In that case, the specific
characteristics of the subject inside the art
depart from supposed symbolism that makes
possible the reflection and the criticism of
all as much as it worries him or interests him
as an artist in the function of humanity and
of his feelings or stimuli. Because of that,
the intentions of the work of Oscar Abréu are
the entrails of a mythological metamorphosis
and a rich and deliberate confrontation
between himself and reality.
Cándido Gerón
Análisis, March 2001,
Dominican Republic.
Perhaps certain experiences during the
infancy brought the artist to a state of
heightened consciousness and branded his
works, in the canvas, with impressive
messages of the events of a stormy and
traumatic past. These mixed visualizations
of an apparent fantasy can be reality or
dreams. In certain cases when this has
entered into the studies of the occult,
esoteric, metaphysical, or of
parapsychology the interpretive force of
the works of Oscar Abreu, in many cases
amuses us.
Fernando Morbán
Laucer
TV Cable, April
2001, Dominican Republic.
Oscar Abreu, "the absent Dominican"
that lives in Chicago, frequently
returns to Santo Domingo where he
particularly likes to paint.
Precocious maturity and a clear
professional determination since his
adolescence, explains an intense and
dense productivity, with serious and
energetic works, effusive and not
exempt of greatness. Often, fullness
is allied to the austerity in a simple
design that sets off the physical
character of the material. Oscar Abreu
does not know the concept of
beautification and the concession to
the ornamental thing. He does not need
them to cause impact and follows his
own impulses.
Marianne de
Tolentino
Cariforum, November 2004
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