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An exhibit of work by artist Jose Zavala, of the southwest suburbs, is on display through April at the Donna Pope Gallery & Studio in Elmhurst.
"Alone" by Jose Zavala, a resident of the southwest suburbs
In his artist statement, southwest suburban resident Jose Zavala wrote, "I hope people focus on my bright colors so they don't see my dark past."
The colors seem to dance off Jose Zavala’s canvases. The messages within those vivid acrylic works are just as striking. In the artist’s evocative “Children of the Sun” series you see the struggles of the immigrant population — a barefoot pioneer doing hard labor (“Pionero”), …
