The Path to the Volcanoes
Chiapas
from the series The Path to the Volcanoes
2024
oil on canvas, recycled clothes, textiles, and dried flowers hand sewn on rug
36 x 36 inches
91.44 x 91.44 cm.
Tonalá
from the series The Path to the Volcanoes
2024
oil on canvas, recycled clothes, textiles, dried flowers, and ratan hand sewn on rug
36 x 36 inches
91.44 x 91.44 cm.
Caminante, son tus huellas el camino y nada más III
Traveler, your footprints are the path and nothing else III
2024
oil stick and textile on paper
15 x 11 inches
38.1 x 27.94 cm.
The Kids
from the series The Path to the Volcanoes
2024
oilon canvas with recycled clothes, hand sewn on rug
79 x 79 inches
200.66 x 200.66 cm.
Caminante, son tus huellas el camino y nada más I
Traveler, your footprints are the path and nothing else I
2024
oil stick and textile on paper
15 x 11 inches
38.1 x 27.94 cm.
Caminante, son tus huellas el camino y nada más XVI
Traveler, your footprints are the path and nothing else XVI
2024
oil stick and textile on paper
15 x 11 inches
38.1 x 27.94 cm.
Caminante, son tus huellas el camino y nada más III
Traveler, your footprints are the path and nothing else III
2024
oil stick and textile on paper
15 x 11 inches
38.1 x 27.94 cm.
Caminante, son tus huellas el camino y nada más X
Traveler, your footprints are the path and nothing else X
2024
oil stick and textile on paper
15 x 11 inches
38.1 x 27.94 cm
Campeche to Cancún
from the series The Path to the Volcanoes
2023
oil on canvas with recycled clothes, textiles,
and dried flowers hand sewn on rug
96 x 120 inches
243.8 x 304.8 cm.
The Path to the Volcanoes
A solo exhibition by William Osorio
July 5 – August 3, 2024
The Path to the Volcanoes is a body of work in which William Osorio illustrates the most recent mass exodus of Cubans – triggered as a direct consequence of the Cuban Regime’s assault on Civil Liberties during and after the protests of July 2021 throughout the island.
Each work within the series is painted through the artist’s iconic style of canvas sewn to rug, while simultaneously integrating textiles, personal items and garments used by travelers throughout the journey. Osorio’s choice of materials is a small act of protest, liberating the paintings from the traditional bounds of a stretcher and allowing the texture to overflow within the work, adding a corporal essence that dissolves the barrier between viewer and subject.
The compositions found within The Path to the Volcanoes, are mirrors of moments throughout the journey, as Osorio utilizes photographic material captured by fellow Cubans on their path through Nicaragua to the United States border as direct references. The message of these works is not isolated the struggle of thousands of Cubans and their families – rather they are a testament to the story of exile and displacement experienced by millions of people around the world.
