Artística Gallery began as a project in 2004. Directed by architect Laura Gonzalez, it represents a wide range of outstanding artists—from realism, hyperrealism, and figurative art to various abstract approaches, costumbrista expressions that reflect Paraguayan diversity, and new proposals within the contemporary art of the region.
With a strong focus on the professionalization of the sector, Artística collaborates with leading figures in the national art scene—critics, curators, and artists—while maintaining continuous academic development. The gallery is also recognized for supporting and guiding the careers of young artists, as well as for embracing new challenges through participation in art fairs and other events connected to the art world and market.
Exhibited artists
Cristaldo Peralta
OWGA
Carmen Pirancho
Amada González
Marciana Carema
Jorgelina Ruiz
Graciela Leguizamón
Teresa Ruiz
Gallery artists
Félix Toranzos
Anny Cazzola
Andrés Cañete
Kalela Saldívar
Emmanuel Fretes
"The Imperfect History" is the name of the exhibition that will be presented in our galleries.
Conceptually, the show revolves around a bizarre family tree in which I recreate a family with characters bearing absurd faces and unexpected or unknown familial ties—lines of consanguinity that are incongruent. By exploring my own family, I become aware of my imperfect history.
The work gathers portraits from the 1940s, photo-painted in oil. These are anonymous people to me; I acquire them because their oval frames and convex glass are materials I reuse for a previous series of works called The Eyes. I have been keeping these photos, removed from their frames, out of respect and guilt, with the intention of eventually finding them a place in this world, to remedy their displacement. Adopted into a tree, these individuals are presented in this installation as part of a family nucleus.
The other paintings—such as clouds, eyes, faces, and more—may seem unrelated, but they are contemporary and interconnected. They exist within a context of ominous objects that, nevertheless, engage in a dialogue about the current human condition as mutant beings.
