The artwork depicts a double-paneled image showcasing the interplay of light and shadow through lush foliage. The vibrant greens of the leaves and the dappled patterns of sunlight create a captivating sense of movement and depth. The blurred, ethereal quality of the composition evokes a dreamlike, impressionistic atmosphere. The artist's use of photography as a medium allows for the capture of these fleeting, ephemeral moments in nature, inviting the viewer to pause and appreciate the beauty in the transient patterns of light and shadow. ...
José Eduardo Barajas (b. 1990, Mexico City) lives and works in Mexico City. Barajas approaches painting and drawing as a discipline to monitor luminous atmospheres, color patterns, and emotional climates. Referencing various pictorial traditions, popular motifs, and technical processes, he reconstructs fragments of collective memory and personal memories. His work is based on contrasts such as, abstraction and figuration, panoramic views and close-ups, dynamism and stillness.
He is a graduate of the bachelor’s degree program at the National School of Painting, Sculpture, and Printmaking “La Esmeralda’’ in Mexico City, MX. He has exhibited individually and collectively in Mexico and abroad, some of his recent exhibitions include: El Fin de lo Maravilloso, Cyberpop en México; Museo del Chopo, CDMX, MX; Saliva at PEANA, CDMX, MX; Es ist nur eine Frage der Zeit at Echo Cologne & Lodos in Cologne, DE; Mnemósine at Proyectos Multipropósito, CDMX, MX; Equator at Estrella Gallery in New York, US; Spookie butt at Terén CED in Brno, CZ; ¿Por dónde sale el sol? at Jardín de casa Barragán, CDMX, MX; Campamento para jóvenes Naturalistas at Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro, MX; and Ajuscos_Expo at Charim Galerie in Vienna, AT. ...
