04/02/2024
What a fun world we discovered today at in Santa Fe!! These fantabulous sculptures are by the Albuquerque based Venezuelan artist
Thank you for this bright and warm embrace of color and whimsy on a frigid winer day!! The exhibition, Cholla Galáctica, is on until the end of February.
The Albuquerque-based artist grew up in Mérida, Venezuela and his practice is intrinsically linked to these two places and their dramatic landscapes. From the lush, mind-bending forests of Venezuela to the sprawling cholla of the Albuquerque valley, Sierra’s seeks to capture the memory, emotion, and physicality of the natural world.
Movement and energy erupt in Sierra’s biomorphic ceramic vessels. His undulating forms pulsate with bold colors and delicate surface details immersing the viewer into Sierra’s personal expression of the land.
My goal is not mimesis but to capture the energy of these spaces and how they are part of my lived experience. In the dialogue between the object and me, that energy somehow always comes to the fore, creating hybrid forms between life in the deserts and memories of mountain forests that become more like dreams.
