Found Objects Hold Puerto Rican Lineage in Adrián Viajero Román's Layered Portraits

Found Objects Hold Puerto Rican Lineage in Adrián Viajero Román's Layered Portraits

“The objects I use often serve as memory keepers,” says Adrián Viajero Román. “Sometimes they find me—objects with history, decay, or presence—and I build a piece around them. Other times, I begin with a story I want to tell and seek materials that can hold that narrative.” Román finds an intuitive balance between object and idea, allowing each to influence the other as he melds two-dimensional portraiture with three-dimensional forms like woode…