ALEJANDRA ATARÉS: PAINT TO REPRESENT FILTERED NATURE

May 13 - July 8, 2023

Alejandra Ataré's compositions, executed in vibrant oil colours, depicting landscapes with majestic saguaro cacti and lush tropical gardens, are inspired by floral motifs - buds, flowers, fruits, leaves -, textile patterns and geometric ornaments.

 

The generally large-format paintings are based on the technique of digital collage. Atarés draws on the rich pool of photographs from social networks such as Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest, which she combines with her own photographs taken with a mobile phone camera. The resulting computer-generated image serves as a sketch; it provides mental support and orientation during the time-consuming painting process.

 

The collage technique allows the artist to relate subjects to each other that do not normally come together in reality, creating image worlds of fictional and futuristic character, underlined by the use of bright colors and the interplay of different patterns and forms.

 

Alejandra Atarés, born in 1987 in Zaragoza, studied fine arts at the Universitat de Barcelona, at the University of the West of England in Bristol and at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. With the Premio Ibercaia Pintura Joven, which the artist received in 2009, an active exhibition period began. Her works can be seen in museums, galleries and at art fairs such as CONTEXT Art Miami, art KARLSRUHE and Art Madrid. Atarés lives and works in Berlin.