EXPO CHICAGO 2023

Chicago, IL USA 2023
BOOTH 129
April 13-16, 2023

ILLUSIONS CONFRONTED

Illusion Confronted is a collective of six artists focusing on the ephemeral qualities of the human experience as they manifest across the 20th and 21st century. The roster includes Carlos Alfonzo, Ernesto Briel, and Rafael Soriano, alongside, Natalia Garcia-Lee, T. Eliott Mansa and Tony Vazquez-Figueroa and more. Illusions Confronted reveals consistencies between the artists narratives in their explorations of dimension, objectivity, behavior, and introspection.

Ernesto Briel
El Faraón, 1987
acrylic on canvas
48 x 48 inches
129.1 x 129.1 cm

FEATURED ARTISTS & SELECTED WORKS

Ernesto Briel
Untitled, ca. 1971
Indian ink on paper
10 ¾ x 7 ¼ inches
27.3 x 18.4 cm

Ernesto Briel
Untitled, ca. 1971
Indian ink on paper
10 ¾ x 7 ¼ inches
27.3 x 18.4 cm

Carlos Alfonso
Untitled (Head) Witness, 1990
oil on canvas
36 x 30 inches
91.4 x 76.2 cm

Rafel Soriano
Preludio de un eclipse (Prelude to an Eclipse), 1996
oil on canvas
54 x 50 inches
137.2 x 127 cm

Rafel Soriano
Cautiva ternura (Captive Tenderness), 1997
oil on canvas
50 x 50 inches
127 x 127 cm

Natalia Garcia-Lee
The Building Of , 2021
oil on canvas
60 x 72 inches
152.4 x 182.88 cm

T. Eliott Mansa
For Moments of the Sun II, 2022
stuffed animals, pebbles,seashells,
and train tracks on wood
40 x 40 x 10 inches
101.6 x 101.6 x 25.4 cm

T. Eliott Mansa
For Moments of the Sun III, 2022
stuffed animals, pebbles,seashells,
and train tracks on wood
40 x 40 x 10 inches
101.6 x 101.6 x 25.4 cm