N.A.S.A.L. presents Moon Light Rain, Alejandro Villa Duran's first solo exhibition in Mexico, curared by Isaac de Reza.
Alejandro Villa is a multidisciplinary artist who adopts a deeply introspective and methodical approach to painting and sculpture. By immersing himself in the ineffability of meaning through art, he creates specific atmospheres that aim to inspire the revolution of social consciousness. Embracing abstraction as a strategy, the artist navigates the delicate balance between visual complexity and the intellectual discourse inherent to painting in contemporary society.
" The title of this exhibition, Moon Light Rain, and the seven works come from a series of writings that Alejandro Villa Durán collects from his introspective dreams, whether they are actual dreams or brief thoughts written in his Notes app. Villa Durán concretises his artistic sculptural and painterly practice, relating these phrases to the final works, thus creating an exploration of language rich in imagery yet simultaneously vague and imprecise. Three concrete concepts serve as an introduction to a series of works that confront the viewer with the potential of art to impact collective consciousness. Abstract painting, as an artistic practice rooted in an extensive history of cultural priority, indirectly positions the figure of the artist as irrelevant and elusive; little or nothing is known about Villa Durán in terms of his identity or idiosyncrasy. This blurring allows us to get an impression of the relationship between the senses and the decision-making on the canvas; if we are observant, we can infer what choices have been made to enhance a particular kind of threshold into a more universal sensitivity. (…) "