Manuel Ocampo / Tonel November 6 - November 30, 2022 Manuel Ocampo Gallery Paule Anglim is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Manuel Ocampo. "The Inadequacy of the Struggle Against the Inadequacy of the Struggle" will be the first exhibition at Gallery Paule Anglim by the internationally renowned artist. Ocampo will present new work in a variety of media, addressing with characteristic intense irony the plight of the artist. Ever the shocking satirist of multi-culturalism, Ocampo has developed beyond his well-known scathing portraits of post-colonialism and the clash of cultures. In his recent work he ventures into an absurd realm of art theory and the dilemma of relevance in self-critique. "The Inadequacy of the Struggle Against the Inadequacy of the Struggle" moves within a comical territory of new clich�s imprinted by decades of theoretical awareness, political correctness and deconstruction. Choices of subject matter, context and technique are questioned with mock intellectual slogans. Manuel Ocampo has exhibited internationally for over fifteen years including representation in two Venice Biennales and Documenta. He has had frequent gallery presentations in Germany, France, Mexico and Spain and his work is included in museum collections from Portugal to Japan. A reception for the artist will be held Thursday, November 7th from 5:30- 7:30 p.m. at Gallery Paule Anglim. Tonel Gallery Paule Anglim is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Tomel. The artist will present an installation of drawings, photographs and sculpture in Gallery II. Tonel (Antonio Eligio Fernandez) was born in Cuba in 1958, the year of Cuba's revolution. Raised in Havana and trained in both art history and graphic illustration, his development as an artist reflects the unique history of his country. He has exhibited in Cuba since the early 1970's and has traveled widely, teaching, exhibiting and curating shows in England, Italy, Canada, and the U.S. Tonel's unique drawing style is figurative, often featuring a male figure depicted in a futile struggle with himself. This humorous archetype is carried into sculpture and stories, all infused with personal anecdote and biography, confusing fact and fiction. Tonel's narratives, presented as modest accounts, are quietly satirical and suggest a more critical reading. The artist's installation will combine photographs, framed drawings, shelves and wooden sculptures in an ad hoc archive of a fictitious monument to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Images of an unkempt garden, a crude sculptural monument and religious objects are elements in his portrait of the site, an imagined commemoration in faraway Havana. A reception for the artist will be held Thursday, November 7th from 5:30- 7:30 p.m. at Gallery Paule Anglim.