the Matchup Prize for 2007: Rogelio Manzo

Dallas, TX, February 29, 2008 -- Misshapen figures or reflections of life? A common comment from the jurists for this years judging was some variation of: “I was prepared to pass this work by, but something compelling about it called me back and impressed me to take a second look; and then a third.” The astonishing paintings by Rogelio Manzo, winner of the 2007 Matchup Prize, are prime examples of brute introspective creativity.