Su artificial canto no conmueve / Her artificial song does not move
Polvo de Luz / Stardust
Marianela de la Hoz
September 28 to November 16, 2024
Opening Reception:
Saturday, September 28th 5-8pm
Artist Talk:
Sunday, October 13th 4-5:30pm
Gallery Hours:
Thursdays & Fridays 2-5pm
(Entry through Gallery)
Saturdays & Sundays 9am-2pm
(Entry through Botanica)
or by appointment HERE.
About the Exhibit
Polvo de Luz
Todo lo vivo y lo no vivo se compone de elementos estructuralmente idénticos: polvo de estrellas.
El resultado de estas reacciones químicas produce luz, pero esta luz es inherentemente ambivalente: puede revelar y cegar. La claridad y la oscuridad emanan, pues, de la misma fuente. Vivimos a la luz de esta paradoja, donde cuanto más brillantes arden las hogueras del conocimiento, más sombría es la oscuridad que se revela ante nuestros ojos sorprendidos.
Ha sido muy difícil crear esta nueva serie de pinturas cuando el entorno actual se presenta tan obscuro y enredado, entre guerras, armas, muerte, polarización extremista, discursos absolutistas, visiones deterministas.
Ante este incierto panorama, buscando una alternativa para no quedar paralizada por la ansiedad y el miedo; mi espíritu me condujo a una conclusión esencial, conciliadora, en la que siguiendo el hilo de pensamientos de filósofos, pensadores, artistas, científicos; me incliné a crear obras en las que de alguna manera exista un intercambio, un lenguaje en el que los seres humanos y las estrellas, el cosmos, conversen en un espacio de ensoñación, de deseos, fantasías y a la vez de certidumbres con proveniencia y propósito.
Stardust
Everything living and non-living is composed of structurally identical elements: stardust.
The result from these chemical reactions produces light, but this light is inherently ambivalent: it can both reveal and blind. Clarity and obscurity thus emanate from the same source. We live in the light of this paradox, where the brighter the bonfires of knowledge rage, the darker the darkness that is revealed before our surprised eyes.
With the current environment appearing so dark and tangled, between wars, weapons, death, extremist polarization, absolutist discourses, deterministic visions, it has been very difficult to create this new series of paintings. Faced with this uncertain panorama, looking for an alternative to being paralyzed by anxiety and fear; my spirit led me to an essential, conciliatory conclusion, in which following the train of thought of philosophers, thinkers, artists, scientists; I was inclined to create works in which in some way there is an exchange, a language in which human beings and the stars, the cosmos, converse in a space of daydreaming, desires, fantasies and at the same time certainties with provenance and purpose.
Marianela de la Hoz
September 28 to November 16, 2024
Opening Reception:
Saturday, September 28th 5-8pm
Artist Talk:
Sunday, October 13th 4-5:30pm
Gallery Hours:
Thursdays & Fridays 2-5pm
(Entry through Gallery)
Saturdays & Sundays 9am-2pm
(Entry through Botanica)
or by appointment HERE.
About the Exhibit
Polvo de Luz
Todo lo vivo y lo no vivo se compone de elementos estructuralmente idénticos: polvo de estrellas.
El resultado de estas reacciones químicas produce luz, pero esta luz es inherentemente ambivalente: puede revelar y cegar. La claridad y la oscuridad emanan, pues, de la misma fuente. Vivimos a la luz de esta paradoja, donde cuanto más brillantes arden las hogueras del conocimiento, más sombría es la oscuridad que se revela ante nuestros ojos sorprendidos.
Ha sido muy difícil crear esta nueva serie de pinturas cuando el entorno actual se presenta tan obscuro y enredado, entre guerras, armas, muerte, polarización extremista, discursos absolutistas, visiones deterministas.
Ante este incierto panorama, buscando una alternativa para no quedar paralizada por la ansiedad y el miedo; mi espíritu me condujo a una conclusión esencial, conciliadora, en la que siguiendo el hilo de pensamientos de filósofos, pensadores, artistas, científicos; me incliné a crear obras en las que de alguna manera exista un intercambio, un lenguaje en el que los seres humanos y las estrellas, el cosmos, conversen en un espacio de ensoñación, de deseos, fantasías y a la vez de certidumbres con proveniencia y propósito.
Stardust
Everything living and non-living is composed of structurally identical elements: stardust.
The result from these chemical reactions produces light, but this light is inherently ambivalent: it can both reveal and blind. Clarity and obscurity thus emanate from the same source. We live in the light of this paradox, where the brighter the bonfires of knowledge rage, the darker the darkness that is revealed before our surprised eyes.
With the current environment appearing so dark and tangled, between wars, weapons, death, extremist polarization, absolutist discourses, deterministic visions, it has been very difficult to create this new series of paintings. Faced with this uncertain panorama, looking for an alternative to being paralyzed by anxiety and fear; my spirit led me to an essential, conciliatory conclusion, in which following the train of thought of philosophers, thinkers, artists, scientists; I was inclined to create works in which in some way there is an exchange, a language in which human beings and the stars, the cosmos, converse in a space of daydreaming, desires, fantasies and at the same time certainties with provenance and purpose.
About the Artist
Marianela de la Hoz paints using the ancient technique known as Egg Tempera, with a contemporary look into current images. The works are extremely detailed, delicate and precise. She seeks to offer insights into the hidden character of her subjects through visual codes and exaggerated features. Her version of magic realism has been termed “white violence” because of her use of black humor and fantasy to depict the darker side of humanity.
Like a researcher, she puts a drop of the blood of each theme under the microscope. Each painting is analyzed without moral judgments. It takes considerable skill and a great deal of time to observe these subjects and compose this art so well, hence the small formats. The viewer peers into a miniature world, unlocks a key and enters armed with a magnifying glass, expecting to come close enough to hear a whisper, to feel a pinch, to discover a hidden secret, and perhaps to crack a smile.
The contents, the formats, the technique, all conform a unique work of art and invite the viewer to approach, to get closer and closer. The small size perhaps makes an audience feel safe, but like a spider draws a fly into its web, de la Hoz seeks to entrap the viewer rationally as well as viscerally.
Marianela de la Hoz's artwork has been exhibited in prestigious galleries as well as in several museums, universities and cultural institutes in her native Mexico, in the USA where she resides since 2001, and in Canada, United Arab Emirates, Japan and Germany.
Marianela de la Hoz paints using the ancient technique known as Egg Tempera, with a contemporary look into current images. The works are extremely detailed, delicate and precise. She seeks to offer insights into the hidden character of her subjects through visual codes and exaggerated features. Her version of magic realism has been termed “white violence” because of her use of black humor and fantasy to depict the darker side of humanity.
Like a researcher, she puts a drop of the blood of each theme under the microscope. Each painting is analyzed without moral judgments. It takes considerable skill and a great deal of time to observe these subjects and compose this art so well, hence the small formats. The viewer peers into a miniature world, unlocks a key and enters armed with a magnifying glass, expecting to come close enough to hear a whisper, to feel a pinch, to discover a hidden secret, and perhaps to crack a smile.
The contents, the formats, the technique, all conform a unique work of art and invite the viewer to approach, to get closer and closer. The small size perhaps makes an audience feel safe, but like a spider draws a fly into its web, de la Hoz seeks to entrap the viewer rationally as well as viscerally.
Marianela de la Hoz's artwork has been exhibited in prestigious galleries as well as in several museums, universities and cultural institutes in her native Mexico, in the USA where she resides since 2001, and in Canada, United Arab Emirates, Japan and Germany.
