JPMorgan Chase Hispanic Heritage Month Art Exhibition Features Historically Significant Paintings by Soraida Martinez, Creator of Verdadism

Soraida Martinez, an established socially conscious artist known for creating the Verdadism art style of paintings with social commentaries, exhibits six historically significant paintings at JPMorgan Chase in Wilmington, Delaware, for Hispanic Heritage Month.

Wilmington, Delaware (PRWEB) October 13, 2006 -- On October 3, 2006, for Hispanic Heritage Month, Soraida Martinez, the artist known for creating the socially conscious art style of Verdadism, exhibited six of her hard-edge abstract paintings for employees of JPMorgan Chase at Three Christina Center in Wilmington, Delaware. Shown were fine art prints of Piano Man: The Survival of Hope, Hearing The Whisper of My Soul, Feeling Inner Peace, What Prejudice Looks Like, The Terror of Demasking Oneself, and The Battle of the Rice and Beans. This exhibition also featured paintings, serigraphs, and sculpture from renowned artists from Argentina, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Brazil and other parts of Latin America.

Created in 1992, Verdadism is a form of hardedge abstraction in which paintings are juxtaposed with written social commentaries. Soraida is the only artist in history known to write a social statement with every painting that she creates. Soraida's Verdadism paintings address a wide range of social and personal issues and, though most viewers gravitate towards the powerful colors and unique abstraction of her style, the art of Verdadism depicts racism, sexism, stereotyping, and universal life experiences. Verdadism has also influenced many Latino artists, playwrights, and writers nationwide. For more information on Soraida’s socially conscious paintings, please visit the Verdadism web site at www.soraida.com.

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