MAESTRO Draws the Image That Won't Load
At a Glance
- What
MAESTRO, LOADING
- When
- April 3-24, 2025
- Where
HOMME Gallery, Washington, D.C.
- Experience
Pen drawings, augmented-reality material, and resin sculpture.
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- Details
- What to Know
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What to Know
Drawing Digital Interruption
Pixel blocks and circular loading icons interrupt the images. Rendering them in pen fixes a normally temporary screen effect onto a physical surface.
Recognition From Fragments
The Mona Lisa, Statue of Liberty, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, moon landing, and Steamboat Willie remain recognizable within the disruption. The drawings rely on how deeply these images have entered public memory.
An Architectural Method
The Spanish-born artist's architecture background informs measured grids and repeated units. Controlled construction gives shape to pictures that seem unstable or incomplete.
A Second Experience Through a Screen
QR-based augmented-reality material connects the physical works with digital content. A viewer can move between the drawing and a further layer on a device.
A Glitch in Three Dimensions
Glitching - Venus, MAESTRO's first resin sculpture, brings the same disruption to the Venus de Milo. The HOMME Gallery program places the work within its multimedia exhibition practice.
