Public Opening Reception - A Solo Exhibition by Abel Massot

Gallery Bogart is pleased to present Del Mito, el Rapto “Of the myth, The abduction” an Abel Massot Solo Exhibition, as the artist’s third exhibit with the gallery. Abel Massot lives and works in Havana, Cuba and is an award-winning contemporary artist. Abel Massot’s newest series “Del mito, el rapto” (Of the myth, The abduction) indicates a marked shift for the artist from his distinctive techniques and exhibits a new elevated coalescence of his explorations from the last decade. Massot is recognized for his expressionist, stark, and immersive paintings of faces and stripped away forms of the body. This is still evident in this new series, however, now lines become more exacting, overlapping, and urgent, creating chaotic movement and depth. These progressions result in Massot’s figurative dialogue being further developed, no longer static and internal, but outward and demanding. Through these depictions he continues to invoke introspection of the human experience and examines themes inherent in humanity through revisiting classical and Greek abduction myths.   Gallery Bogart is located in the West Bottoms at 1400 Union Ave Kansas City, MO 64101