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 “Super Rich” an exhibit featuring artists Carlos Bautista and Orlando Cuevas who have shared a friendship for over 30 years, rooted in creativity and conversation. Now, their works come together in a dynamic exhibition that explores the symbols we worship — from superheroes to the almighty dollar. 

Cuevas’ Hero Worship reimagines pop culture with the assistance of AI, fusing art history, and superheroes into bold new mythologies. . Bautista’s Art Money Power transforms American currency into digital paintings activated by augmented reality, exposing the stories hidden in our money. Together, their work asks: What do we value, and why? 

 Exhibit Description 

"Icons, Currency, and Connection" brings together two longtime friends and collaborators, Orlando Cuevas and Carlos Bautista, whose creative journeys have intersected for over thirty years. Though their mediums differ, their work speaks to shared questions of belief, value, and cultural power. 

Cuevas’ series Hero Worship reimagines the canon of art history through the lens of pop culture, fusing superheroes with iconic masterpieces in AI-generated imagery. His work explores the myths we build around strength, justice, and spectacle — and how these modern legends echo the sacred images of the past. 

Bautista’s series Art Money Power takes American currency as both subject and symbol, digitally reconstructing its imagery into layered paintings. Using augmented reality, his works extend beyond the canvas, transforming the viewer’s cell phone into a portal that animates the hidden stories of wealth, authority, and control embedded in everyday exchange. 

Presented together, their works reveal how heroes and money function as two sides of the same cultural coin — systems of worship, symbols of aspiration, and markers of power. What begins as a dialogue between friends becomes a conversation about the forces that shape collective imagination and belief.

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Hues and Heroes: A body of work Celebrating Comic Book Icons Through the Lens of Art History. 

Hues and Heroes is a bold and imaginative art exhibition that reinterprets the legends of comic book heroes through a dynamic mix of mediums and art historical styles. Featuring paintings, sculptures, collages, prints, and AI-generated imagery, the collection explores the intersection of pop culture and fine art with both reverence and playful subversion. 

The exhibition includes several thematic series: 

Hungry Heroes: Familiar icons reimagined with exaggerated physiques, challenging ideals of strength and perfection.

Grungy Heroes: Weathered, toy-like figures displayed in distressed settings, evoking nostalgia and decay.

Plastic Powers: Sculptures assembled from repurposed toys, transforming childhood relics into powerful new forms.

Guardians of the Gallery: A striking fusion of superheroes with iconic artworks and painterly styles.

“Wonder Lisa” is a standout piece blending Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa with Wonder Woman in a whimsical Botero inspired aesthetic. 

Hues and Heroes invites viewers to see the extraordinary through a new lens—one where cape meets canvas.

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The Dance of Life 

Laura and Orlando CUevas 

The "Dance of life" is a collaborative self portrait by the husband and wife team Orlando and Laura Cuevas. Laura and Orlando have been together since they met in graduate school in 1992. Orlando’s work is in the collection of the Montclair Museum and the Zimmerli Museum of Art. Laura is a Dodge grant recipient and her work is in both public and private collections. Laura's work focus's on the human form and nature. Her large ceramic female forms have a classical quality. Orlando's work is grittier, he creates mixed media assemblages of urban architecture.  Their collaborative work harmoniously brings together their individually unique styles.  

The Dance of Life a short Reel by Luna. 

 A special Thanks to Luna Alago (film maker) who put this reel together. Luna is a genuine story teller.