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Kenny Rivero — Loip (Lunar Map)
Kenny Rivero — Loip (Lunar Map)
Kenny Rivero — Loip (Lunar Map)
Kenny Rivero — Loip (Lunar Map)
Kenny Rivero

Loip (Lunar Map)

2022

Kenny Rivero's "Loip (Lunar Map)" presents a richly layered surface in oil on linen, where cartographic suggestion dissolves into pure painterly intuition. Measuring 177.8 × 177.8 cm, the work commands space with its square format, a geometry that resists narrative direction and instead invites slow, circling attention. Rivero draws on the visual language of celestial mapping while treating it as a departure point rather than a destination, producing a composition that feels simultaneously ancient and immediate, scientific and deeply embodied. Rivero, who was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New York, weaves together references to diaspora, spiritual practice, and collective memory across his practice, and this work exemplifies that synthesis. The lunar title frames the image as a kind of document, yet the surface refuses the cool neutrality of documentation. Paint accumulates and recedes, suggesting topography, skin, soil, and sky in equal measure, collapsing the distance between the cosmic and the personal. The result is a work that functions as both map and myth, a record of territory that belongs as much to the interior life as to any measurable geography. Signed by the artist and offered through Charles Moffett, "Loip (Lunar Map)" represents a compelling opportunity to acquire a substantial work from a pivotal period in Rivero's development. The absence of a frame allows the linen and its raw material honesty to remain part of the experience, a choice entirely consistent with an artistic sensibility that prizes presence over presentation. This is a work for collectors who understand that the most durable paintings are those that continue to shift meaning over time.

Medium
Oil on linen
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
Charles Moffett, New York, NY

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Kenny Rivero, Loip (Lunar Map), 2022

Kenny Rivero's "Loip (Lunar Map)" presents a richly layered surface in oil on linen, where cartographic suggestion dissolves into pure painterly intuition. Measuring 177.8 × 177.8 cm, the work commands space with its square format, a geometry that resists narrative direction and instead invites slow, circling attention. Rivero draws on the visual language of celestial mapping while treating it as a departure point rather than a destination, producing a composition that feels simultaneously ancient and immediate, scientific and deeply embodied. Rivero, who was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New York, weaves together references to diaspora, spiritual practice, and collective memory across his practice, and this work exemplifies that synthesis. The lunar title frames the image as a kind of document, yet the surface refuses the cool neutrality of documentation. Paint accumulates and recedes, suggesting topography, skin, soil, and sky in equal measure, collapsing the distance between the cosmic and the personal. The result is a work that functions as both map and myth, a record of territory that belongs as much to the interior life as to any measurable geography. Signed by the artist and offered through Charles Moffett, "Loip (Lunar Map)" represents a compelling opportunity to acquire a substantial work from a pivotal period in Rivero's development. The absence of a frame allows the linen and its raw material honesty to remain part of the experience, a choice entirely consistent with an artistic sensibility that prizes presence over presentation. This is a work for collectors who understand that the most durable paintings are those that continue to shift meaning over time.

Medium
Oil on linen
Dimensions
overall: 177.8 x 177.8 cm
Year
2022
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Charles Moffett, New York, NY

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Gavin Kennedy