Sentrock: The Boy Who Wanted to Fly
- Presented By: Elmhurst Art Museum
- Dates: September 9, 2022 - February 12, 2023
- Location: Elmhurst Art Museum
- Price: Adults: $15.00; Seniors (65+): $12.00; Members and students under 18 are free.
September 9, 2022 - February 12, 2023
Recurring weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Joseph Perez, best known as “Sentrock,” is a self-taught street artist who creates large-scale, colorful public mural works. He views street art as a gesture of compassion for his community and a powerful form of expression that encapsulates his Mexican American background, upbringing, and history. He developed his work from graffiti writing to his now highly stylized and recognized street art featuring the Bird City Saint character that wears a bird mask. He describes this signature mask as a means of an individual’s personal expression, strength, and hope.
For this exhibition, Sentrock presents a new signature mural in the galleries as well as animated video projections, a ten-foot-tall sculpture, a life-size birdhouse installation, paintings, and works on paper that reveal narratives about the Bird City Saint character, and its origins in the artist’s biography. The exhibition, across numerous galleries, will explore the dreams of a little boy living in an urban environment, the importance of his Mexican-American community, and why the boy has a bird mask.