The Aging Quail (2003) Gean Moreno and Pedro Vélez at Galería Comercial
The Aging Quail:
Pedro Vélez and Gean Moreno in San Juan, PR at Galería Comercial
Photographic performative banners, repurposed #unitedcolorsofbenetton banners with paint interventions and sculptural elements, and photographs by Vélez.
Collages and altar quilts by Moreno.
Limited ed Xerox book by Vélez / Moreno
Slide show by Vélez/ Moreno
Postcard design by Vélez. Yes, it is a piece of art. The text is like phonetic foxtrot or an improper misspelling of Caribbean dialects.
Special thanks to the collaborator actors who made the photographic imagery possible.
(Video documentation is by one of the great librarians of contemporary Puerto Rican art Ozzie Forbes. He has documented professionally the 🇵🇷 art scene since the early 1990s. Hopefully someday soon his vast video library will be aquired by a museum and made public.)