In ‘The Boy Who Wanted to Fly,’ Sentrock Imagines the Origin of His Signature Bird Character
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September 26, 2022
Grace Ebert
Picture by Steven Koch
Wander through Chicago’s streets, and you’re bound to encounter a single of Sentrock’s signature bird characters (formerly). Disguised in a crimson mask with massive eyes and round, pink cheeks, the boy is curious, imaginative, and playful, generally found interacting with animals, daydreaming, or riding a bicycle. The fictional determine is also the artist’s expression of power and hope, specifically as it relates to his have childhood in the Mexican-American neighborhood of the city’s Pilsen community.
An ongoing exhibition at Elmhurst Artwork Museum celebrates the character and his lineage by way of sculptures, installations, paintings, and murals. Drawing on Sentrock’s background in road art and graffiti, The Boy Who Required to Fly spreads quite a few narratives throughout the galleries. A enormous, 10-foot sculpture lounges on synthetic turf, and lesser, vibrant paintings enable compose the figure’s origin tale. At the heart of one particular gallery is a little one-sized birdhouse cloaked in the artist’s stylized renderings, with lively will work on paper taped to the within walls. Interactive lightswitches rework the interior into a vividly colourful playhouse. A last gallery culminates in a wall-sized animation that delivers Sentrock’s perform to existence for the 1st time, and as a full, the collection is an homage to Sentrock’s upbringing and “a gesture of compassion for his community.”
The Boy Who Required to Fly is on see by way of January 15, 2023. Abide by the artist’s operate and information about foreseeable future confined-edition prints and sculptures—keep an eye out for a exclusive merch release in the Elmhurst reward shop in early December—on Instagram.
Image by Steven Koch
Photo by Steven Koch
Pics by John McKinnon
Picture by Christopher Jobson
Photo by Steven Koch
Photograph by Steven Koch
Image by Steven Koch
Photograph by Steven Koch
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#murals
#portray
#sculpture
#Sentrock
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