ART & RUST

Abey Charrón’s Zinc is a twenty-year dialogue with the physical layers of Puerto Rico. By grafting cultural icons onto salvaged corrugated metal, Charrón transforms weathered fragments of local architecture into a permanent record of collective memory. These works are a tribute to the material itself—reclaiming surfaces that served as shelter for generations. Each piece carries the weight of its past life, honoring the metal rooftops that protected families long before it became a canvas for caribean iconography.

Every work is composed on original corrugated metal sheets—authentic "zinc" recovered from residential sites. These surfaces are selected for their history as functional protection within the community.

The unique patina is an organic result of decades of exposure to salt air and trade winds. This oxidation is an unrepeatable collaboration between the original structure and the Caribbean environment.