Yago Hortal "Works on Canvas"
Rooster Gallery
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The exhibition at Rooster Gallery is comprised of canvases portraying Hortal’s exploration of the abstract. His works are characterized by plastically shapeless blobs of bright paint that mingle fluidly with one other, thus creating a psychedelic effect. In their violent yet harmonious twists and swirls, Hortal’s canvases resemble a Glenn McKay liquid light show or an acid-induced reverie.
Sometimes vertiginously fast, other times smoothly slow, Hortal’s canvases seem to have a dual existence. But maybe it’s all in our mind and in the way we relate to the works. They change from day to day, reflecting our intimate connection with time.
What sometimes appears to the viewer as a chaotic space can also, in a strange relationship between eye and psyche, appear perfectly ordered. We should not be surprised. Emil Cioran said, “Chaos is being yourself,” but ultimately
by being yourself you realize how imperfectly everything is ordered.
Yago Hortal was born in Barcelona, Spain (1983). He lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
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Schedule
from August 04, 2011 to August 28, 2011
Opening Reception on 2011-08-04 from 18:00 to 20:00