Pablo Leon de la Barra

An exciting and original approach to the art of Latin America, this exhibition catalog looks at the work of nine artists who have adopted forms of travel or nomadism to explore contemporary life. Selected by curator Tanya Barson, the artists include Brigida Baltar, Tony Cruz, Raimond Chaves and Gilda Mantilla, Andr Komatsu, Mateo Lopez, Jorge Macchi, Nicolas Paris and Ishmael Randall Weeks, whose shared interests lead them to engage with urban and rural landscapes through the medium of drawing. In their own way, each artist borrows from the models and conventions of geographical, botanical, topographical, political, philosophical or Surrealist investigation, allowing their work to destabilize assumptions about the continent. Texts by Tanya Barson, Isobel Whitelegg, Pablo Leon de la Barra and Moacir dos Anjos.

A study of Emilia Azcárate's recent art work focused on her vital relationship with geometric abstractionism and her spiritual practices. These series of work adds on to the aesthetic and conceptual themes recurrent in the artist's work, and are linked to abstraction as a way to manifest her spirituality. The catalogue includes three bodies of work: the Practicables, Postcards and the Gohonzon series which incorporate processes, ideas and aesthetics related to her life and spiritual practice, Nichiren Buddhism. Text in English and Spanish.