In the early 90 's his work incorporates figuration and abstraction , perhaps extending from some of the works of the Aids Epidemic Series where abstraction is present as an ominous abyss . He returns to the subject of Balseros and Exiles using fields of circles and grids to generate a piercing dialog with the figure . In 1992 he moves with his wife and two sons from New York to New Orleans where a warehouse studio provides him space for producing larger scale works , constructions and installations . He begins shooting photographs of the New Orleans environment which become attachments in paintings . A new materiality enters the work : twisted metal studs , nails , wood , board , plastic barricade fencing and weathered sheet metal . Ironically the new found materiality and subject of exile connect in his installation , SWEPT AWAY , 2008 presented at Prospect 1 . New Orleans Biennial from his Post Katrina series . Numerous series follow , some of which include the Museum Plans , Shifting States , Shootings in Sandy Hook and the Boston Bombing
Boston Bombing
Boston Marathon bombing
Luis Cruz Azaceta