Paintings & Poems
Rochester Contemporary Art Center
137 East Ave.
Jun 3, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

RoCo is honored to launch our newest public art installation which brings together one large painting by Rochester’s own Cordell Cordaro, and two poems by New York-based poet Chen Chen. Presented in partnership with BOA Editions, this project also launches a new occasional series Paintings & Poems to combine fine art and literary arts in public space. Cordaro’s painting, Yellow Striped Stockings was made during the pandemic while the artist was grieving a profound personal loss, and represents our shared isolation and determination to overcome. Chen’s poems A Favorite Room and i love you to the moon & address love and loss as do many of his other works.