Pepón Osorio is a large installation artist from Puerto Rico. His work has been influenced by his dealings with the people and and his experience as a social worker in the Bronx. The main goal of much of his work seems to be to bring artwork back to the people. He does this in several different ways. One of his big ones is the live in where he actually has family's live with his artwork for a week. Its difficult to describe his work. Much of his pieces seem to be a 3d collage of different objects. Some are very flashy and represent art styles of the past while others are dull and appear as if they were taken from a garage. I think this is what makes his work so unique. Its a blend of other artwork to create new work. His work seems also to be about exaggeration. He takes a simple object or an idea that someone might be interested in and exaggerates the obsession of that object. In many of his pieces the walls and floors are covered with pictures all relating to the same subject matter. The purpose behind this is probably to emphasize how we are all interested in something and how it takes over a part of our lives.
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