Otero constantly pushed the envelope on the possibilities of painting. Titled after a beach city in the Venezuelan Isla Margarita, Pampatar Board launched Otero’s well-known Colorhythms series: vibrant compositions in which he experimented with the optical effects of superimposing lines and colored shapes. Pampatar Board began what would become the first serial typology of abstract geometric works in Latin America.

Karen Grimson, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Drawings and Prints