Estilazo highlights the works of Latinx artists: Angel Añazco, Juan Arango Palacios, Chiquitita, Louis Dorantes, Oscar Nñ and Oscar 1992.  They collectively narrate the stories of interconnected creative circuits in Latinx Club Culture, exploring avenues for self-expression, entrepreneurship, activism, and reclaiming space for queer collective joy. Each one of these artists are/were active participants/organizers of parties such as GHE20G0TH1K, 1992 The Party, Ragga NYC, Papi Juice, Angelito collective, Maricón NYC, and Chiquitita. These parties have been building a network of sanctuary spaces for their queer communities within the urban fabric of New York and its diasporas.

As a connecting thread, the title creates an emphasis on the artist's way of carrying themselves. Extracted from an interview of Dominican artist Tokischa Peralta, Estilazo embraces the fluid capacities of artists to express themselves and empower through art and adornment, developing new words to define their unique style, as the ones existing, could not grasp the acute appreciation for the styling, and their quasi sculptural existence. Embracing the word, this show aims to historicize these communities' intellectual labor and celebrate their artistic imprint in contemporary culture.

Join us to celebrate the legacy of these parties and artists, confronting the silos of white corporate America through autonomous spaces, carving avenues for more independent economic systems, while expanding our Imaginarium of gender identity, notions of sensuality, and queer fiction.

Dulcina Abreu, curator

September 22nd - December 7th, 2022