"Atmósferas by Ana Mercedes Hoyos are among the most daring and, at the same time, the most poetic works of contemporary Colombian art."
- Eduardo Serrano
Leon Tovar Gallery proudly presents Atmósferas, an exceptionally unique series by Colombian artist Ana Mercedes Hoyos, exhibited in its entirety in New York City for the first time. While Hoyos has had several exhibitions in the city featuring her celebrated Bodegones de Palenque series, her abstract periods from her Window and Atmósferas series have been rarely seen here. Only one piece from Atmósferas was previously included in the group exhibition 'Artistic License: Six Takes on the Guggenheim Collection’, though notably, the Guggenheim's permanent collection houses two pieces from this series.
Diverging from her previous oeuvre, “Hoyo’s Atmósferas are among the most daring and, at the same time, the most poetic works of contemporary Colombian art.”1 These visionary paintings forge an unprecedented relationship with the viewer's gaze, intermittently obstructing and absorbing the eye through luminous emptiness - a push-and-pull dynamic that sets the Atmósferas apart.
This presentation debuts Atmósferas as a complete body of work in New York City and marks Hoyos's return to Leon Tovar Gallery since our 1994 Bogotá showcase. Concurrently, the painting "Proyecto para Venta" (1976) from Hoyos' Windows series will be featured in MoMA's "Crafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940-1980" exhibition, further underscoring the importance of this long-overdue presentation.
