Upcoming
26.9 – 26.10 2024
Lorena Torres:El Milagro es la Pereza de Dios
45 Maddox Street
Lorena Torres:El Milagro es la Pereza de Dios
26.09 – 26.10.2024
Upcoming
Hours
Monday to Saturday
10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Gallery
45 Maddox Street
London
W1S 2PE
Huxley-Parlour are delighted to announce their first exhibition of works by Colombian artist Lorena Torres El Milagro es la Pereza de Dios [The Miracle is the Idleness of God], opening at our Maddox Street gallery in September 2024.
The exhibition will present ten new works on canvas made by the artist this year. Torres’ practice is deeply rooted in her upbringing and the culture of Colombia’s Caribbean coast, in this body of work the artist explores notions of the absurd, miracles and the spectacle of performance.
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Biography
Lorena Torres’ practice is deeply rooted in her upbringing on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Her paintings are a celebration of the culutre, landscape and vernacular of the local environment. Laden with symbolism and a poetic sensibility, Torres’ work verges on the surreal. Taking inspiration from the traditions of magical realism, the artist embeds her figures within their environments, reflecting her own connections to her subject matter and heritage.
Born in 1991 in Barranquilla, Colombia, Torres received a BFA in Visual Arts from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá in 2016. Her work has been exhibited in the United Kingdom, the United States and Colombia, among others. Torres has completed residencies in Bogotá, Miami and most recently at Casa Santa Ana, Panama City.