Exhibition: SOMBRA
Above image: textile by Lotus Che, screenprinting and sculpture by Sergio Suárez and oil paintings by Diego Zelaya (left to right).
SOMBRA at Mexico City Art Week 2025
Location: Toledo 47 Penthouse, Juárez, CDMX
Date: February 4 - March 7, 2025
Curated by: Lotus Che & Vai Jong-Hunken
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” — Carl Jung
The shadow is an intermediary: a space between, an echo of light and form. It arises from the interplay of opposites—where presence brushes against absence, and the visible yields to the invisible. In this emergence, the shadow becomes both a question and a response. What does it conceal? And what does it reveal Shadows are not mere reflections of the world; they are traces—imprints of time, memory, and being. Like the fugitive breath of a disappearing world, they cling to the edges of objects and bodies, whispering of what has passed. Yet, in their silence, they bear witness, offering fleeting records of the ephemeral and the eternal.
In SOMBRA, artists explore the tension between the seen and unseen, telling the stories of the past while shaping what remains. Through painting, sculpture, print-making, photography, drawing, movement and video, the collection of works evoke a choreography of light and darkness, where form dissolves and reconstitutes and the shadow emerges as both substance and absence.
Where the personal and the collective meet, SOMBRA traces shadows across various cultural histories and lived experiences, interrogating what it means to inhabit transitional spaces. Shadows hold echoes of forgotten stories, lost moments, and shifting realities. They are thresholds, inviting us to step into uncertainty and possibility. SOMBRA is an invitation to traverse the in-between. To engage with the shadow is to embrace ambiguity, which may unveil truths beyond the edge of light.
Artists featured: Sergio Suárez, Lotus Che, Natia Lemay, Jamil Fatti, Fabiana Mapel, Diego Zelaya, Goma Xantana, TBKTS Collective, Leonardo Guerra, Camille Auclair, Ghazaleh Rastgar, Xamuco & Tlaxcala3.
Curated by Lotus Che & Vai-Jong Hunken. Presented in partnership with Trastienda Machete, Alday Hunken Gallery & Celma Art Brokers.
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