Landscapes: Exploring Nature through Memory and Experience

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LAND-SCAPES:

Exploring Nature through Memory and Experience

no.3

APR.11JUN.27

PASTEL CO

cecilia BARRETO

fernanda BRUNET

ale DE LA PUENTE

napoleon HABEICA

javier PELAEZ

alejandro PINTADO

haruna SHINAGAWA

christopher STEWART

rafael URIEGAS

yoab VERA

LAND-SCAPES: Exploring Nature through Memory and Experience

of nature. Whether through direct observation or through the lens of memory and imagination, these portrayals offer a window into the world around us. Landscape art has evolved to explore diverse themes and mediums, from documentary approaches to urban landscapes. With vibrant colors and play of light, artists infuse their works with a sense of beauty, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in the natural world intertwined with daily existence.

Within this exhibition, we encounter a diverse array of artistic expressions, each offering a unique perspective on the relationship between landscape and nature. Cecilia Barreto

Fernanda Brunet develops a unique language inspired by comics, nature, and human sexuality explores time and decay in nature’s evolution. Rafael Uriegas merges religious references into abstract narratives, drawing inspiration from traditions like fresco painting, and Yoab Vera integrates urban materials, evoking memories of landscapes. of nature intertwined with everyday life. This exhibition aims to lead viewers on a visual relationship between humanity and the environment.

Artists represented by Saenger Galería Presented by Pastel Co

Founded in 2019 by Bernardo Saenger, SAENGER Galería is a contemporary art space located in the historical neighborhood of Tacubaya in Mexico City.

Focused on the promotion of emerging to consolidated artists within Mexico and abroad, Saenger Galería positions itself as an open space that stimulates and explores diversity. Fostering close, transparent, and lasting relationships with artists, collectors, curators, institutions, galleries, and other agents involved in the art world, the program makes collaboration one of its main values.

With an identity that inquires into the pictorial medium and material experimentation, from the tradition of two-dimensionality to exploration in volume; the gallery’s program has progressively expanded to encompass other media, supports and narratives, which incorporate a greater conceptual and critical density, thus accounting for the broad spectrum of contemporary art.

SAENGER Galería advances in its mission through a solid program that includes, in addition to exhibitions; institutional collaborations; the publication of art books and limited edition of graphic works through its publishing arm, Saenger Editores; it also includes a public program; and develops a program of international art fairs in Mexico, the United States, and Asia.

artist CECILIA BARRETO is interested in establishing a body of work that narrates the context of describe economic liberalism and

Barreto’s work delves into the intersections of social, cultural, political, and economic systems, examining their impact on our lives. Currently focused on data technology and economic information, she aims to narrate recent events art, she highlights the alliances between governments and the exclusion of understanding the implications of their actions.

FERNANDA BRUNET’s art

challenging our understanding of self and space while invoking intense sensations through a multisensory experience

Fernanda Brunet, a visual artist with a diverse background in painting, graphics, yarn, and ceramics, draws inspiration from comics, nature, the human body, and sexuality. Through her work, she seeks to create a presence

pieces aim to provoke shock and stridency, offering a sensory experience where images can be seen, touched, and heard, ultimately perceived but not always of desire.

Javier Pelaez Lirios, 2023 Oil on linen 90 x 70 cm / 35 x 28 in

Javier Pelaez

LiriFlor Venenosa - Beleño, 2024 Oil on paper

23 x 31 cm / 9 x 12 in

23 x 31 cm / 9 x 12 in

Javier Pelaez LiriFlor Venenosa - Wolfsbane, 2024 Oil on paper

in recent years ALEJANDRO

PINTADO’s research has devel oped around the historical memory of landscape and its transformation over time

his ability to create aesthetically and conceptually challenging compositions, bridging the past, present, and future in his exploration of landscape art.

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Alejandro Pintado Abstracción matemática, 2023

Alejandro Pintado Orden Paralelo, 2023

HARUNA SHINAGAWA’s work showcases a unique blend of for mal, technical, and conceptual inventiveness, expanding the boundaries of abstraction and ex ploring the expressive potential of materials

painters like Monet and Richter to contemporary artists such as Ufan and of materials, often incorporating vibrant colors, particularly monochrome metallic shades that evoke the virtual and industrial landscapes of modern of acrylic meticulously manipulated to create subtle yet powerful effects.

to her work. Beyond aesthetics, her art delves into deeper themes, addressing the complexities of contemporary visual communication and pushing the boundaries of traditional painting techniques.

Haruna Shinagawa Peel Off the Paint #318, 2023

140 x 180 cm / 55 x 71 in

Haruna Shinagawa Peel Off the Paint #329, 2023

25 x 30 cm / 10 x 12 in

CHRISTOPHER

STEWART

explores the relationship between nature and time to observe the beauty in aging and deterioration

convey a sense of fragility and fragmented memories, particularly through paintings, embracing randomness and imperfections to bridge representation and abstraction. Through varied textures and painterly gestures, he explores the ambiguity of landscapes, highlighting their continuous transformation within a changing ecosystem.

Christopher Stewart Fractured Memories 5, 2023 Oil on paper mounted on poplar 31 x 23 cm / 12 x 9 in

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fresco painting, RAFAEL URIEGAS has been exploring the expansion of forms within architectural spaces to create

Rafael Uriegas, renowned for his contemporary take on classical painting themes, draws from religious references, myth, and everyday experiences to create abstract narratives that encapsulate life’s essence. Rooted in the history

breathing new life into this ancient art form by expanding forms within architectural spaces. With works displayed in private and public collections in encompassing paintings.

Rafael Uriegas Untitled, 2019

60 x 40 cm / 24 x 16 in

YOAB VERA’s practice is about the possibility of change embod ied in painting’s ability to trigger a contemplative mood in which tides of memory wash over conscious ness, offering themselves up for re

Yoab Vera, primarily a painter, creates imagined views of seascapes, landscapes, and gardenscapes that blur the line between abstraction and concrete, Vera allows his canvases to weather naturally in his garden studio in Mexico City or by the Istanbul seaside, sparking memories of distant places

a visual touch that operates at the intersection of thought and emotion. Vera’s

paintings, less concerned with depiction, focus on triggering contemplation

boleros, romantic ballads recounting the ecstasies of love through the sufferings it enacts. Vera considers his painting as an ode to everything that has been and is yet to be felt: the entirety of existence condensed into an experience of time and space, color, and light.

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