Opening Reception Sunday April 14, 2024, 1-3 pm

Sunburnt features Cruet’s video performance 'Sun Simulacrums.’ The title alludes to the history of human civilizations and the use of the sun as a symbol of god, energy, power, and clarity. Ultimately, the performance challenges viewers to reflect on our role in the climate crisis and the delicate natural world on planet Earth. Other works featured include ‘As far as the eyes can see’ print series, ‘Exercises to understand how to be together (Hand open)’, a series of carbon prints, and ‘Without Horizons’, a large scale painting on polyethylene canvas. This industrial material is used in high risk areas and the orange color is indicative of caution and/or danger. Cruet uses these multiple media, which include experimental digital printing processes, performance, and audiovisual installations, to confront issues concerning ecology, geopolitics, and technology. 

Lionel Cruet was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and lives and works in both New York City and San Juan. He received a Bachelor in Fine Arts from La Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño en Puerto Rico, a Master in Fine Arts - DIAP (Digital Interdisciplinary Art Practice) and  from CUNY - The City College of New York, and a Master in Education from the College of Saint Rose. 

For more information please visit Cruet’s website.

Periódico El Adoquín
“Sunburnt” de Lionel Cruet en el Ely Center of Contemporary Art en New Haven, Connecticut, May 9, 2024

BRIAN SLATTERY: NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Artists Stare Into The Sun, 5/16/24