For hundreds of years, flowers have been a wealthy supply of symbolism. Courting again to the Ottomans, floriology, or the language of flowers, blossomed within the Victorian period when a bouquet functioned as a nonverbal code. The fragile sweetpea, for instance, might need been given as a thanks to a very beneficiant host, whereas buttercups would inform the recipient that the sender thought them infantile and immature.
Maria A. Guzmán Capron (beforehand) references the timeless expressions of flowers for Solo Pienso en Volver a Verte, which opens this week at Lyles & King. Translating to “I only think about seeing you again,” the solo exhibition includes the artist’s signature textile portraits of opulently patterned materials in a layered patchwork. Tender and plump with batting, the quilted characters are every distinctive, though Capron typically makes use of the identical secondhand materials on a number of items.
Encircled in hand-dyed materials, the figures on this physique of labor are sometimes doubled or conjoined, as within the embracing girls of “Otra Vez” or the two-faced topic of “Echa de Pedacitos.” Love, heat, and safety characteristic prominently, as arms grasp for each other or emerge as a three-dimensional gesture. Capron envisions these layered, hybrid varieties as a approach to visualize the assorted identities, experiences, and reminiscences inside all of us.
The artist additionally stitches and screenprints a big selection of flowers on faces, clothes, and all through the plush environment. Generally summary and sometimes indeterminate, the blooms share tales and messages of need that may be unspeakable or higher communicated by way of an emblem of affection. Tending to like in all of its varieties is the thread that runs by way of every work, as Capron welcomes us right into a world through which compassion and care are probably the most stunning items.
Solo Pienso en Volver a Verte runs by way of June 21 in New York. Discover extra from Capron on Instagram.
