Juxtapoz Magazine - A Boy That Don't Bleed: Caleb Hahne Quintana @ Anat Ebgi, NYC

"Building on earlier explorations of family, friendship, and the memory of home, A Boy That Don't Bleed marks a turn inward in Hahne Quintana's practice. This new body of work explores the mysteries of selfhood and the unconscious through the solitary figure of an adolescent boy depicted in repose and moments of contemplation. Where previous exhibitions bathed figures in the mythic light of radiant landscapes, these new paintings mark a tonal and formal shift, embracing a more ascetic, introspective, and somber mood."

"This recurring, unnamed figure emerges from the canvases in ochre, cadmium, and umber, illuminated by light that is precise and atmospheric. A quiet tension unfolds between the drama of illumination and the stillness of introspection. Hahne Quintana constructs a world where light and shadow act as narrative forces-isolating a gesture, a shoulder, the sheen of sweat, the pages of a book. His process is deliberate and considered; each painting begins with graphite drawings, followed by gouache and wax pastel studies to refine color, scale, composition."

"Threaded through these quiet compositions are recurring motifs that lend the work a mythic undercurrent. Most prominent among them is the figure of a horse-a sentinel to the boy-an ancestral guide throughout his odyssey from inner awakening to self-realization. This human-equine relationship suggests a private mythology that Hahne Quintana constructs through repetition and atmosphere, something felt more than explicitly told. A chromatic thread of cobalt blue runs through the exhibition, marking the boy's passage from scene to scene with emotional charge."

Anat Ebgi presents A Boy That Don't Bleed, Caleb Hahne Quintana's second solo exhibition with the gallery, on view September 5–October 18 in Tribeca. The paintings center a solitary adolescent boy in moments of repose, exploring selfhood and the unconscious through ascetic, introspective compositions. Figures emerge in ochre, cadmium, and umber under precise, atmospheric light that isolates gestures, sweat, and pages. The artist’s process begins with graphite drawings and proceeds through gouache and wax pastel studies to refine color, scale, composition, and emotional tone. Recurring motifs, notably a horse and a chromatic thread of cobalt blue, create a private, mythic undercurrent rather than a fixed narrative.

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