FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

LnS GALLERY presents
Emilio Sanchez: Revisited
June 10, 2021 – August 14, 2021

LnS GALLERY is honored to present Emilio Sanchez Revisited, an encyclopedic exhibition on the prominent artist’s work and life. The exhibit will include pieces from every decade of his working life. Intimate mementoes gathered by his inner circle will be on view for the exhibition to create a well-rounded portrait of Sanchez, focusing on his contributions to American Art as an individual of Cuban descent.

This exhibition is timed with the unveiling of the 2021 USPS Emilio Sanchez Forever Stamp celebrating the artist’s centenary birthday on June 10, 2021. The show will be on view through August 14, 2021. A formal opening reception will be hosted at the gallery on Thursday, June 10 from 6:00pm – 9:00pm.

Emilio Sanchez, (b.1921, Camagüey, Cuba d.1999, Warwick, NY) frequently elevated the simple structures and shapes present in passing life through his artwork. Forging a style inspired by the ocular archive of his colorful surroundings, Sanchez created a legacy throughout his vast body of work by emphasizing the formal components of each found subject. From the hues of the Caribbean, reflective of his youth between Camagüey and Miami, to the bold atmosphere he encountered when attending the Art Students League of New York, Sanchez documented and interpreted the world he lived in creating a language all his own. Sanchez’s work is in the permanent collections of many institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY), the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA), the Brooklyn Museum of Art (Brooklyn, NY), the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana (Havana, Cuba), the Museo de Arte Moderno (Bogotá, Colombia), and the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA). He received First Prize at the 1974 San Juan Biennial in Puerto Rico, and was awarded the CINTAS Fellowship in the Visual Arts (1989-90). His remarkable story, like that of his tragic country, is a tale of powerful contrasts, intense light, and mysteriously penetrating shadows.

The paintings presented in the main gallery are a cross section of Sanchez’s finished work, consisting mainly of in situ watercolors and more elaborate, studio-based oil on canvas paintings. LnS Gallery would like to express its sincere gratitude to the many lenders of this show, and in particular the Emilio Sanchez Foundation for their continued support and to Dr. Victor Deupi for his dedication to the exhibition and for his insightful essay.