March 6-28, 2015

LAS RUINAS SON TESTIGO  (Ruins As Witness)

The words TESTIGOS (Witnesses) and RUINAS (Ruins) provide a parenthetical framework for my recent assemblages and works on paper. Collectively, they read like silent, solitary documents of migratory movement and a changing landscape.  The fragmentary quality of many of the works, made of found material, alludes to a story of struggle and difficult passage from and to places unknown.

Flores moved to Baltimore, MD in 1978 to pursue graduate studies at the Maryland Institute, College of Art. His mixed media works and installations have been viewed in alternative spaces and museums throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Flores’ creative pursuits as an artist and educator have helped develop and inspire young talent at the Baltimore School for the Arts for more than three decades. A recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, he is represented by Goya Contemporary-Goya Girl Press in Baltimore, MD. His work can be seen in their summer exhibit MATERIAL MATTERS, as well as in Arlington Art Center’s 40th Anniversary Exhibit, REPRISE: Home Again.