William Perez Open Studio

Torn Canvass

March 11 & 12, 18 & 19, 2022 by appointment only, Contact carlos@cubanartistsfund.org

CAF’s Manhattan Studio is located at 208 East 51st Street, 2nd floor

Join CAF’s artist-in-residence for his first public presentation of Torn Canvass.  In the inaugural Torn Canvass process, William created an original red drawing on canvass (Torn Canvass No I) which he later cut into 60 segments. William describes Torn Canvas No I as his first work to live two lives: it dies and reincarnates itself, leaving behind the memory of what it was to multiply itself into 60 fragments that each have their own lives and destinies. Torn canvas No I is a work that focuses on the event and makes the client the custodian of its existence: the opportunity to be custodians of the documentation of the work from the beginning of its gestation until the moment of its transformation turns the client into an accomplice who participates in the work's transcendence. In a general sense, Torn canvas No I, like the great authors of humanity, transgresses itself and focuses its essential objective on the transformative action of creation.

The exhibition at the CAF studio will feature Torn Canvass No I fragments as well as works-in-process for future renditions of his process.

Experience an excerpt of the project through this video: https://theingenio.com/William_Perez/William_Perez_Torn_Canvas.mp4

A limited number of Torn Canvass fragments will be available by the artist for purchase with 100% of the proceeds benefitting the artist.