Mexican-American artist Francisco Moreno will hold his Las Noticias pop-up exhibit from July 20th through September 7th at Westbury, New York’s Curbs & Stoops & Rhythmology. Through paintings, murals, and installations Moreno explores notions of American identity and iconography.

See Francisco Moreno's newest exhibit 'Las Noticias' at Curbs & Stoops & Rhythmology in New York

“I want to exam­ine the images, real­ity, or sheer absur­dity of what Amer­ica con­sid­ers news,” Moreno says. “A head­line attempts to cap­tures how we func­tion in soci­ety now.”

He uses a graphic language of black and white camouflage as a metaphor for assimilation into foreign environments and foreign conditions. Throughout his work, Moreno considers the process of assimilation for immigrants as they contemplate immersion into American culture.

Francisco Moreno, 'Las Noticias' after Velazquez’s Las Meninas, 2012

In one room, the “icon paintings” incessantly question, “What determines our Americaness?” Moreno depicts the Dallas cowboy flags and super heroes that he often found proudly plastered across his friends’ “extra rooms” in Texas.

Francisco Moreno, 'Las Noticias' Dallas Cowboys

In the main exhi­bi­tion room, visitors will see the artist taking queues from anec­dotes of his father read­ing the sports sec­tion of the news­pa­per in order to be able to par­tic­i­pate in con­ver­sa­tions at work. Inter­ested in more than asso­ci­a­tion, Moreno takes to the same medium to dis­sect Amer­i­can val­ues.

When

Press Preview: July 13 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Artist Lecture: July 19 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Opening Reception: July 20, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Exhibition Dates: Friday, July 20 – September 7

Where

361 Union Ave
Westbury, NY 11590

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