Tales from the Caribbean Nights

Lyle O. Reitzel Contemporary Art Gallery founded in Santo Domingo in 1995, launches its new branch in New York at 139 Eldridge Street, located at the heart of Lower East Side in Manhattan, a few blocks away from the New Museum and where more than 200 galleries specialized in avant-garde art. LOR NY announces its grand opening on June 11th, 2016 with the first ever solo show in New York by dominican artist living in Paris, José García Cordero: “Tales from the Caribbean Nights”.
Lyle O. Reitzel has been operating in the international panorama for over 20 years from its space in Santo Domingo, and during the 2005-2010 period in Miami, participating in prestigious contemporary art fairs, hosting tens of exhibitions in museums, galleries, and institutions of the world, and with a select representation of artists of the caliber of Luis Cruz Azaceta, Edouard Duval- Carrié, Ignacio Iturria, José Bedia and more.

“Tales from the Caribbean Nights” is a body of work consisting of 13 paintings, most of them unpublished, produced in acrylic on linen, covering the period of 2005-2016. The paintings of García Cordero captivate at first sight for their multiple meanings, reflecting the duality of his personal experience and the conflicts between two worlds: the European and Caribbean cultures.