Roberto Lugo - Wexler Gallery

Yo Soy Boricua: A DNA Study, 2019
Resin and acrylic paint
Vessel: 79.5 x 44 x 21 in
Figure: 66 x 29 x 16 in
Yo Soy Boricua: A DNA Study, 2019
Resin and acrylic paint
Vessel: 79.5 x 44 x 21 in
Figure: 66 x 29 x 16 in
Street Shrine 1: A Notorious Story, 2019
Vase 1: 60 x 23 x 23 in (vase is 49"H lid is 11"H)
Vase 2: 54 x 27 x 27 in (Vase is 44"H Lid is 10"H)
Bear: 40 x 33 x 31 in
Street Shrine 1: A Notorious Story, 2019
Vase 1: 60 x 23 x 23 in (vase is 49"H lid is 11"H)
Vase 2: 54 x 27 x 27 in (Vase is 44"H Lid is 10"H)
Bear: 40 x 33 x 31 in
Street Shrine 1: A Notorious Story, 2019
Vase 1: 60 x 23 x 23 in (vase is 49"H lid is 11"H)
Vase 2: 54 x 27 x 27 in (Vase is 44"H Lid is 10"H)
Bear: 40 x 33 x 31 in
Street Shrine 1: A Notorious Story (Biggie), 2019
Glazed ceramic
54 x 27 x 27 in (Vase is 44"H Lid is 10"H)
Street Shrine 1: A Notorious Story (Biggie), 2019
Glazed ceramic
54 x 27 x 27 in (Vase is 44"H Lid is 10"H)
Street Shrine 1: A Notorious Story (Tupac), 2019
Glazed ceramic
60 x 23 x 23 in (vase is 49"H lid is 11"H)
Street Shrine 1: A Notorious Story (Tupac), 2019
Glazed ceramic
60 x 23 x 23 in (vase is 49"H lid is 11"H)
Street Shrine 1: A Notorious Story (Stuffed Bear), 2019
Glazed ceramic
40 x 33 x 31 in
Street Shrine 1: A Notorious Story (Stuffed Bear), 2019
Glazed ceramic
40 x 33 x 31 in
Abernathy and Biggie, 2019
Porcelain, china paint, and luster
18 x 8 x 5.25 in
Abernathy and Biggie, 2019
Porcelain, china paint, and luster
18 x 8 x 5.25 in
Deconstructed Jordan Bowl (III), 2019
Earthenware and underglaze
6 x 21.5 x 8 in
Deconstructed Jordan Bowl (III), 2019
Earthenware and underglaze
6 x 21.5 x 8 in
Deconstructed Jordan Bowl (II), 2019
Earthenware and underglaze
6 x 9.5 x 7.75 in
Deconstructed Jordan Bowl (II), 2019
Earthenware and underglaze
6 x 9.5 x 7.75 in
Deconstructed Jordan Bowl (I), 2019
Earthenware and underglaze
4.5 x 9 x 7.75 in
Deconstructed Jordan Bowl (I), 2019
Earthenware and underglaze
4.5 x 9 x 7.75 in
Yo Soy Boricua: DNA Study By Pattern, 2019
Digital inkjet print
40 x 50 in
Yo Soy Boricua: DNA Study By Pattern, 2019
Digital inkjet print
40 x 50 in
Yo Soy Boricua: DNA Study By Pattern, 2019
Digital inkjet print
40 x 50 in
Afro-Puertoricans: Slaves, 2019
Acrylic and resin on canvas
36 x 48 in
Juano Hernandez, 2019
Acrylic and resin on canvas
36 x 48 in
Afro-Puetroricans: Family, 2019
Acrylic and resin on canvas
48 x 48 in
Same Sorrow: Difference Breakfasts, 2019
Acrylic and resin on canvas
48 x 60 in
Self Portrait: Without Wax, 2019
Acrylic and resin on canvas
48 x 60 in
Philly Shrine (1), 2019
Acrylic and resin on canvas
48 x 36 in
Self Portrait As Street, 2019
Ceramic, concrete, resin, tool drip, gun parts, chain, clothes, found objects, and latex paint
67 x 31 x 19 in
Self Portrait As Street, 2019
Ceramic, concrete, resin, tool drip, gun parts, chain, clothes, found objects, and latex paint
67 x 31 x 19 in
Stuntin' Bowl 13, 2019
Earthenware and acrylic paint
14 x 25 x 25 in
Stuntin' Bowl 13, 2019
Earthenware and acrylic paint
14 x 25 x 25 in
Stuntin' Bowl 14, 2019
Earthenware and acrylic paint
16 x 11 x 11 in
Stuntin' Bowl 14, 2019
Earthenware and acrylic paint
16 x 11 x 11 in
Melting Pot (II), 2018
Porcelain, china paint, luster
23 x 11 x 11 in
Melting Pot (II), 2018
Porcelain, china paint, luster
23 x 11 x 11 in
Stunting: Dikembe Mutombo , 2018
Porcelain, china paint, luster
7.5 x 11 x 11 in
Stunting: Dikembe Mutombo , 2018
Porcelain, china paint, luster
7.5 x 11 x 11 in
Stunting: 3's (I), 2018
Porcelain, china paint, luster
6.5 x 11 x 11 in
Stunting: 3's (I), 2018
Porcelain, china paint, luster
6.5 x 11 x 11 in
Colin and a Queen, 2018
Terra cotta, china paint, luster
11 x 6.5 x 17 in
Colin and a Queen, 2018
Terra cotta, china paint, luster
11 x 6.5 x 17 in
Blood and Crip Salt and Pepper Shakers (Snap), 2017
Porcelain, slip
Heads: 3.5 x 5 x 5.5 in (each)
Shipping container stand: 4 x 11 x 4 in
Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) / Freddie Gray Urn, 2017
Porcelain, china paint, gold luster
9 x 9 x 16.5 in
Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) / Freddie Gray Urn, 2017
Porcelain, china paint, gold luster
9 x 9 x 16.5 in
Do You Know How Hard It Is To Get A Black Man Through High School?, 2019
Earthenware and acrylic paint
66 x 32 x 32 in
Do You Know How Hard It Is To Get A Black Man Through High School?, 2019
Earthenware and acrylic paint
66 x 32 x 32 in
New Slaves: The Cycle Continues (Della Robske series), 2017
White earthenware, slip, china paint, luster
35 x 35 x 5 in
Jose and Child (Della Robske series), 2017
White earthenware, slip, china paint, luster
26.5 x 18.5 x 3 i
New Slaves, 2017
Digital print on paper
Paper Dimensions: 66.25 x 44 in
Framed Size: 70.75 x 46.75 x 2 in
Panda: Eats Shoots And Leaves, 2017
Digital print on paper
Dimensions: 41.5 x 55.25 in
Framed Size: 44.5 x 58.25 x 2 in
Angry Mob of Peaceful Protestors: Roberto Lugo, 2019
Acrylic and resin on canvas
60 x 48 in
Portrait Bust: Roberto Lugo, 2017 (Collaboration with Yelizaveta Massalimova Cunningham)
Porcelain, luster, underglaze, china paint
14.5 x 10 x 24 in

Roberto Lugo is an American artist, ceramicist, social activist, poet, and educator. Lugo uses porcelain as his medium of choice, illuminating its aristocratic surface with imagery of poverty, inequality, and social and racial injustice. Lugo’s works are multicultural mash-ups, traditional European and Asian porcelain forms and techniques reimagined with a 21st-century street sensibility. Lugo is the recipient of the 2019 Rome Prize, and was awarded a 2019 Pew Fellowship. His work is represented in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The High Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, The Walters Museum of Art, and more.

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