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‘One of the memories that I have most vividly is of the large blue round tanks of water that were in our backyard to be ready when the water goes out. This water would often be for the rivers. Today when my family and I go back, the river is a setting that we usually end up in… It is a place of leisure and of community.’

Raelis Vasquez draws on historical, political and personal narratives to create figurative compositions that conjure the complexity of the Afro-Latinx experience. The subjects of his work inhabit a state of vulnerability that encourages the viewer to question their positions …