Union Gallery is pleased to present Después de todo, Pececillo featuring Jorge Diezma’s latest little paintings.
después de todo, Pececillo,
tal vez alguna razón existe
After all, little fish,
there might be a reason
The title of the exhibition and verse presented comes from Diezma’s great admiration of Peruvian poet José Watanabe. The words are taken from Watanabe’s The Fossil poem questioning life long ago with ours today. Diezma connects this text with his little paintings as his practice is constantly looking at his painting past to fulfil his present.
Obvious connections with the history of painting link a Diezma’s work with his cotemporary practice. Painting of the Baroque, gestural abstraction, still life painting, amateur painting, and plagiarized elements all fit within Diezma’s ever expanding little paintings practice.
Diezma challenges painting with his scale. The little paintings are tactile, their materiality is appealing. The works become souvenirs of Diezma’s existence, his fascinations and perspective.
Each painting magnifies our focus, telling their own abstract narratives, yet leaving out the story. A captured moment is presented, as if peeping through a keyhole. The physical relationship between the viewer and the work is dictated, we are invited in.
Diezma lives and works in Mallorca, ES