Elmhurst Art Museum presents "Sentrock: The Boy Who Wanted to Fly"
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Fri, Sep 09 – Sun, Jan 15, 2023
150 Cottage Hill Avenue, Elmhurst, IL 60126
The multimedia exhibition will feature new work by the rising artist that reveals for the first time the origin story of his distinctive Bird City Saint character, which appears in over 20 prominent murals in Chicago and other cities.
Joseph Perez, best known as “Sentrock,” is a self-taught street artist who creates large-scale, colorful public mural works. He views street art as a gesture of compassion for his community and a powerful form of expression that encapsulates his Mexican American background, upbringing, and history. He developed his work from graffiti writing to his now highly stylized and recognized street art featuring the Bird City Saint character that wears a bird mask. He describes this signature mask as a means of an individual’s personal expression, strength, and hope.
For this exhibition, Sentrock presents a new signature mural in the galleries as well as animated video projections, a ten-foot-tall sculpture, a life-size birdhouse installation, paintings, and works on paper that reveal narratives about the Bird City Saint character, and its origins in the artist’s biography. The exhibition, across numerous galleries, will explore the dreams of a little boy living in an urban environment, the importance of his Mexican-American community, and why the boy has a bird mask.
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Adults $15.00
Seniors (65+) $12.00
Students with School ID Free
Ages 18 and under Free
For more information, visit https://www.elmhurstartmuseum.org/visit/tours/
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