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① Artwork:
puro tejano superstar
This painting depicts radios blaring out from hot cars—advertising sweepstakes and summer deals or idolizing the young pop icon Selena. The Tejano of the title is a Texan of Mexican decent, referring both to the artist’s own identity and to a style of regional music—pop ballads with elements of country, polka and rock. The composition's soft browns and oranges fade into blues, referencing the colors of the hot Texan desert. In this work, the artist's signature humorous approach addresses how snippets of sound and popular culture can reshape the present.
b chehayeb's work explores the reconstruction of memories and sensations warped by nostalgia, gender, language and cultural hybridity. The artist perforates her compositions' semi-abstract fields of luscious texture and color with an ever-growing lexicon of symbols—including cowboy boots, stars, horses, snakes, ladders, furniture and the letter ñ.
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③ Artist:
b chehayeb’s paintings, prints and drawings reconstruct failed memories and depict sensory experiences warped by nostalgia, gender, language and cultural hybridity. The artist’s compositions feature semi-abstract fields of luscious texture, gesture and color. These fields are perforated by chehayeb’s growing lexicon of symbols—including cowboy boots, stars, horses, snakes, ladders, furniture and the letter ñ—allowing anecdotes, spaces and emotions to emerge.
BIO:
b chehayeb was born in Dallas, Texas in 1990. The artist received an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, Massachusetts in 2020 and a BFA in painting with studies in creative writing from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas in 2013.
chehayeb has been the recipient of awards and residencies, including: The Studios at Mass MoCA Residency Program in North Adams, Massachusetts; the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont; the Lower East Side Printshop in New York City; a 2020 New York City Redbull Arts Microgrant; and an Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency Award in Troy, New York. The artist was a finalist for the Hopper Prize Grant.
chehayeb’s work has been featured in various publications, including: Hyperallergic, Glasstire, Maake Magazine, Art Maze Magazine, and The Hopper Prize Journal.
chehayeb lives and works in Brooklyn, New York and is represented by OCHI in Los Angeles, California and Sun Valley, Idaho.
This painting depicts radios blaring out from hot cars—advertising sweepstakes and summer deals or idolizing the young pop icon Selena. The Tejano of the title is a Texan of Mexican decent, referring both to the artist’s own identity and to a style of regional music.More
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