Featuring a piano from his studio, a former church building in the Hudson Valley, this vibrant painting by Angel Otero is a standout among his new work at Hauser & Wirth Gallery. Otero once created abstract images from sheets of dried oil paint; he now employs a combination of techniques from paint on canvas to collaged paint, resulting in thick, complex surfaces that suggest layers of memories. Inspired by recollections of his upbringing in Puerto Rico, ‘Concerto’ acknowledges the personal resonance of objects like dentures in a glass, a large cooking pot or the magical suggestion of a school of goldfish filling the air. (On view in Chelsea through Dec 23rd).
