THE MONITOR
By Nancy Moyer
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| Jesus by Pedro Perez Oil Photo by Nancy Moyer |
McALLEN, TX---
STC art faculty member,
Pedro Perez, imagines images of saints, martyrs, and deities with a contemporary twist. His sabbatical research exhibit, “Pentimento”, currently on display at the Library Art Gallery, transforms portraits of friends into modern-day saints by slipping them into the visual iconography traditionally used to depict images of Catholic saints. During his sabbatical in 2017, he immersed himself in Renaissance and Baroque art in Italy, France, and Spain, and studied the patronage of the church and wealthy families who supported the art. [
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| Saint Sebastian by Pedro Perez Oil Photo by Nancy Moyer |
