"New York's gallery scene is gearing up for a standout moment this fall as The Hole unveils Time Traveler and Other Fragile Detours, the first New York solo exhibition from Berlin-based Chilean painter Pablo Benzo. Opening next Friday at the gallery's Tribeca location, this exhibition brings a new dimension to Benzo's already distinctive practice, offering a thoughtful and immersive experience that bridges European modernism with a contemporary sensibility."
"Benzo's latest body of work - five new paintings and six works on paper - finds its roots in a storied moment in art history. Drawing inspiration from Peggy Guggenheim's influential 1940s gallery Art of This Century, which was instrumental in introducing Surrealism and Cubism to New York audiences, Benzo reinterprets this avant-garde spirit for the present day. The works nod to the bold experimentation of that era while creating their own language of abstraction and narrative."
"His canvases are rich with textured brushwork, layered forms, and a muted palette of greens, yellows, magentas, and blues. Rather than simply referencing modernist tropes, Benzo reanimates them, placing viewers in carefully constructed interior scenes where furniture, plants, and figures coexist in fluid, almost dreamlike harmony. Each composition feels like a portal into an imagined past, a place where art history is not static but alive, vibrating with color and form."
An exhibition by Pablo Benzo presents five paintings and six works on paper that reinterpret mid‑20th‑century avant‑garde impulses for contemporary painting. The work draws from Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century and channels Surrealist and Cubist experimentation into a new abstract vocabulary. Canvases employ textured brushwork, layered forms, and a muted palette of greens, yellows, magentas, and blues to construct interior scenes where furniture, plants, and figures interact in fluid, theatrical arrangements. Volumetric shapes and stippled oils create movement and dreamlike atmospheres that transform domestic spaces into imaginative stages.
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