Angel Otero (b. 1981, Santurce, Puerto Rico; lives and works in Brooklyn, New York) is a visual artist best known for his process-based paintings. While much of his works have been influenced by memories based in photographs and other family memorabilia combined with the gestures of 20th century painting, his latest works highlight the artist's unique process as a form of narrative in itself. Through his innovative process of oil paint scraping, Otero venerates historical oil painting while confronting it head on. Otero's 'deformation' approach to painting his works, first across glass and then once dry, flaying the dried paint and reconstructing the composition anew across large canvasses, is representative of how the artist perceives the process of reconfiguring both personal and historical narratives. Otero’s work sometimes uses process as a way of confronting deep, personal memories. Instead of representing his life through art, he archives moments within it by creating opportunities of surprise and discovery. His work is a constant negotiation between the individual and art history.
安吉爾·奧特羅(1981生於年波多黎各桑圖爾塞)是一位著重繪畫過程的視覺藝術家。雖然他的作品大多採用20世紀的繪畫技巧,並以照片及家庭紀念相冊為題,但他最近的一系列作品則突出了繪畫過程獨有的敘事性。奧特羅透過他創新的刮畫技術向油畫致敬,同時挑戰它的歷史和傳統。他首先在玻璃上繪畫,待干後刮出顏料,垂掛及拼貼在布面上。他不會直接在作品中呈現生活,而是記錄日常中的驚喜和發現。作為當代畫家,他與繪畫的歷史進行對話,通過新的過程和技巧探索繪畫的界限。奧特羅現於美國紐約布魯克林定居及從事藝術創作。