Ficción Caribeña

This series presents a collection of architectural patterns subtracted from buildings of the modern architectural movement constructed in the Caribbean islands of Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. This selection of archetypes specifically investigates the constructed projects during the modern period, a historical framework in a world in which freedoms are condemned or conquered in which the artist alludes to the idea of a monument in the context of modernity.

In each, the government system develops an idea of modernity conforming to an ideological filter. Rogelio’s gaze focuses on exploring how the agendas of the different systems of government in the Caribbean are translated into design and forms. The series will be presented as an installation, creating a visual kaleidoscope that looks back at this paradigm, revisioning the discourses concerning vernacular and national identities.

ID. Hotel Caribe Hilton, 1949, Toro, Ferrer y Torregrosa, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2023, oil, beeswax and powdered gold pigment on canvas, 72" x 48", María Santiago collection.

ID. Hotel Caribe Hilton, 1949, Toro, Ferrer y Torregrosa, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2023, oil, beeswax and powdered gold pigment on canvas, 72" x 48", María Santiago collection.

ID. Biblioteca General, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez,1947, arq. Henry Klumb, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, 2023, oil, beeswax and powdered gold pigment on canvas, 72" x 48", Rafael Santiago collection.

ID. Biblioteca General, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez,1947, arq. Henry Klumb, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, 2023, oil, beeswax and powdered gold pigment on canvas, 72" x 48", Rafael Santiago collection.

ID. Cuba: Talleres Universidad de Villanueva 1959 Arq. Manuel R. Gutiérrez, 2022, oil, beeswax, and powdered gold pigment on canvas, 6’ x 4’, Dr. Leticia Reyes collection.

ID. Cuba: Talleres Universidad de Villanueva 1959 Arq. Manuel R. Gutiérrez, 2022, oil, beeswax, and powdered gold pigment on canvas, 6’ x 4’, Dr. Leticia Reyes collection.

ID. Cuba: Talleres Universidad de Villanueva 1959 Arq. Manuel R. Gutiérrez [Detail]. Photo by Yiyo Tirado Rivera.

ID. Cuba: Talleres Universidad de Villanueva 1959 Arq. Manuel R. Gutiérrez [Detail]. Photo by Yiyo Tirado Rivera.

ID. República Dominicana: Facultad de Ingeniería y Arquitectura (FIA) Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) 1955 Arq. José Antonio Caro Álvarez, 2022, oil, beeswax, and powdered gold pigment on canvas, 6’ x 4’, Arq. Richard Parr collection.

ID. República Dominicana: Facultad de Ingeniería y Arquitectura (FIA) Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) 1955 Arq. José Antonio Caro Álvarez, 2022, oil, beeswax, and powdered gold pigment on canvas, 6’ x 4’, Arq. Richard Parr collection.

ID. República Dominicana: Facultad de Ingeniería y Arquitectura (FIA) Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) 1955 Arq. José Antonio Caro Álvarez [Detail].

ID. República Dominicana: Facultad de Ingeniería y Arquitectura (FIA) Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) 1955 Arq. José Antonio Caro Álvarez [Detail].

ID. Puerto Rico: Facultad Ciencias Sociales Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto Río Piedras 1951-1964 Arq. Henry Klumb, 2022, oil, beeswax, and powdered gold pigment on canvas, 6’ x 4’, Jorge Pérez collection.

ID. Puerto Rico: Facultad Ciencias Sociales Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto Río Piedras 1951-1964 Arq. Henry Klumb, 2022, oil, beeswax, and powdered gold pigment on canvas, 6’ x 4’, Jorge Pérez collection.

ID. Puerto Rico: Facultad Ciencias Sociales Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto Río Piedras 1951-1964 Arq. Henry Klumb [Detail]. Photo by Yiyo Tirado Rivera.

ID. Puerto Rico: Facultad Ciencias Sociales Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto Río Piedras 1951-1964 Arq. Henry Klumb [Detail]. Photo by Yiyo Tirado Rivera.

Installation view, NADA, Miami, 2022.

Installation view, NADA, Miami, 2022.

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