The past May, Alejandro Botubol presented at Ponce+Robles galley the work titled “Espejo” (Mirror), a wink to the production of his new set which it has been developed to make his first individual show at the gallery.
The show titled Macropintura locates us in the experience of the author, and of the works with the light coming through the window of his studio. There, Botubol looks around, search ing for the travel of the light to built, sometimes as a simple anecdote, sometimes a full story that will continue to develop along the time.
To the production of the art works, the artist uses some daily tools which turn into useful utensils to create. Sometimes, for example, a round and old mirror of his bathroom is the tool selected to draw at the wall of his studio with the afternoon light. At the end is mostly the light of his painting the one which end his works on canvas.
This process of studyin g and observation are compiled by the author until, in words of the artist, “it comes a day in which the whole organic universe begin to show a solid body, and, by the gesture of my strokes it takes me to a holly routine of unconscious rhythms”
This indi vidual show of Alejandro Botubol at the Ponce+Robles Gallery includes an installation titled “Altar de Noche” (Night Shrine), which is, as the artist explains, “a work which has been built bit by bit until it decided to stop”. Like in his work “Espejo” (Mi rror), the artist has transferred a mystic and vital experience from the studio to the Gallery, projecting photography of the afternoon light defragmented through a prism over a mirror, which at the same time, reflects the sunset in a slightly illuminated canvas.
Ponce+Robles gallery invites you, as public, to make a zoom into the soul of Botubol , as if you were inside of each process of the artist at his studio. An introspective view of the daily experience of an artist, which starts illuminating with the work “color - luz” (color light) continuing with this ritual trying to reach the same light power with his paintings.
Alejandro Botubo l (1979, Cádiz , Spain)
R ecent works approach other artist whom talk to us about the light. The duality between natural and artificial light, his childhood light and Light Art.
During his artistic residencies in New York, which takes place on the year 2013, Botubol study on close the work of artist like Georgia O´keefe, Mark Rothko or Edward Hooper. He also could approach the freshness and depth of North American contemporary artist like hard Tuttle, Dan Flavin, o Matt Connors and his use of color, conception of the artwork and the space and the use of new places for the display of the painting.
The studie of these artist allows Botubol to discover James Turrell. From this magician of colour Botubol could visit a huge exhibition retrospective on the Gugghenheim New York.
Degree in Fine Arts, Sevilla (Spain) in 2007. Master’s degree “ Idea y Producción”, Sevilla University (2013). In 2013 he lives in New York where he develops an ambitious artistic Project in different art residencies: Residency Unlimited (RU) Brooklyn; international studio & curatorial program ( iscp), Brooklyn, New York. Flux Factory Long Island City, New York. His Works have been exhibited in Museums, Galleries and Institutions in Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Finland, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Colombia and USA. He presently lives and wo rks in Madrid (Spain).

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