(b. Ponce, Puerto Rico, 1968).
Carlos Rivera Villafañe’s work depicts and interrogates contemporary attitudes toward violence. Through his paintings, prints, sculptures, and installations, Rivera Villafañe’s work takes anger and hostility–and the weapons that give shape to these overflowing frustrations–as its topic. Works like Bullet y Trajectory responds to the fetishization of armaments which is portrayed unquestioningly in the mass media, and the extent to which society has normalized violence. His major recent solo exhibitions include Bullet y Trajectory II, ARCO ’01 (Madrid, España, 2001), Bullet y Trajectory, showcased in the week-long arts festival, PR ’00: Parentesis en la Ciudad, (San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2000); and Full Metal Jacket, Museo del Arsenal de la Puntilla, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueño (San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1996). Notable recent group exhibitions include
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