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Herman Aguirre’s powerful paintings respond to Chicago shootings, Mexican drug cartel violence
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CLEVELAND, Ohio The centuries-old medium of oil paint can be incredibly expressive in the right hands. A powerful case in point is the museum-quality solo exhibition on the work of Chicago-based Mexican-American painter Herman Aguirre at Abattoir gallery in Cleveland.
Entitled “Ocultos,’ Spanish for “hidden,’ the show focuses on 14 paintings depicting impromptu memorials, mass graves, or sites of protest related to gang violence in Chicago or drug cartel killings in Mexico.
It’s grim material, to be sure. But Aguirre’s imagery is paradoxically lush, colorful, and highly emotive in ways that engage a viewer’s sympathy and attention. You can’t turn away.
Chicago Singer/Producer Adam Martinez Releases Lead Single “Come Back Home” Off New EP ‘Things That Keep Me Up at Night’
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Life was no longer in the way of completing the project. The pandemic allowed me to reflect on my relationships, which the songs were mainly centered around. CHICAGO (PRWEB) January 19, 2021 Adam Martinez, the Chicago-born and raised singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist releases “Come Back Home” off of upcoming sophomore EP, Things That Keep Me Up At Night, on Tuesday, Jan. 19. The sophomore EP available Feb. 12, is written, produced, and performed by Martinez and promises to establish him as a serious figure in the Chicago pop/R&B scene and beyond. The lead single, “Come Back Home,” tells of a jilted lover’s final attempts to salvage a doomed relationship. A music video will accompany “Come Back Home” at th