Rubén Ortiz Torres, Shopper Hopper

Ortiz-Torres’s work updates the aesthetics of Pop art with his deployment of everyday materials, objects, and forms that are associated with Latino culture in the popular imaginary. By boldly combining the hydraulic lift mechanism commonly found in upgraded low-rider cars with a shopping cart associated with domesticity, the working-class, and unhoused people, Ortiz-Torres has created a work that is imbued with social consciousness and humor.

La obra de Ortiz-Torres actualiza la estética del Arte pop con su despliegue de materiales, objetos y formas cotidianos que se asocian con la cultura latina en el imaginario popular. Al combinar audazmente el mecanismo de elevación hidráulica que se encuentra comúnmente en los autos low-rider renovados con un carrito de compras relacionado con la domesticidad, la clase trabajadora y las personas sin techo, Ortiz-Torres ha creado una obra imbuida de conciencia social y humor.