In "Berlin Drawing Pad, and" by Ali Eyal, muted brown and pink tones dominate the textured, cross-hatched landscape. A central absent figure sits amidst fields, accompanied by a small pink toy car and a sparse tree with red fruits. The style blends abstraction with symbolic imagery, employing sketch-like techniques to evoke absence and memory. Eyal's work resonates deeply with themes of loss and displacement, reflecting his exploration of identity and the lingering impacts of conflict. ...
Ali Eyal expresses himself in painting, drawing, and video to explore the intersections of personal history, fleeting memory, political conflict, and identity. His practice often navigates the lingering effects of war and displacement, using recurring symbols—such as absent figures, fragmented architecture, and imagined landscapes—to evoke stories that are both intimate and collective. Working through a highly personal visual language, Eyal constructs layered narratives that challenge fixed notions of place and belonging. His pieces frequently withhold the full presence of the human figure, instead offering traces or silhouettes, emphasizing loss and the unstable nature of memory. Through this absence, he gestures toward lives interrupted or erased by conflict, while also leaving space for the imagined and the remembered. Eyal’s use of repetition and subtle variation across media creates an emotional rhythm, inviting viewers into a state of quiet reflection. His works become acts of resistance against erasure—mapping out psychic and geographic terrains shaped by trauma, exile, and survival. In doing so, he opens up a space where histories, both personal and political, are not only preserved but reimagined. ...
Instituto de Vision is a Bogotá and New York based gallery for conceptual practices. Their mission is to investigate conceptual discourses that have been neglected by the official Latin American art canon. They have recovered important estates from the Latin American art of the mid century and continue to research the most enigmatic oeuvres of the region. Through a parallel program, they represent some of the most relevant contemporary practices from Colombia, Chile, North America, Venezuela, and others. Directed by three women, Instituto de Vision gives special attention to female voices, queer theories, environmental activism, the conflicts of migration, and other critical positions that challenge the established order. Using the international art scene as a platform, they are committed to give visibility and expand the work of artists that reveal critical realities and raise important questions for these contemporary subjects. ...
