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Luis Xertu, Plants, acrylics on canvas, Hylas Decides to Not Return, 2020

Renditions of Impermanence (back space)

14 March - 25 April 2020


Luis Xertu



About "Renditions of Impermanence (back space)"

Luis Xertu (Mexico City, 1985) moved to Netherlands in 2004. After he graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie he developed his painterly visual language working within the performing arts, where he has worked both as a designer and created works that experimented with the medium of theater and dance. His scenic artworks have been shown in the Dutch pavilion of the Venice Biƫnnale and Museum Boijmans van Beuningen.

In his pictorial work, Xertu combines the analogue and the digital; photographing models, painting them, using Photoshop to decide the composition of the surrounding nature, and meticulously gluing plants directly onto the canvas to create large scale paintings with stark compositions. Drawing from mythological references, he explores themes of time and aging incorporating the decay of real plants as elements of transformation, which can take several years to happen. He has been nominated for the Royal Award for Modern Painting 2019, and was awarded the Audience Prize. Renditions of Impermanence shows ten of his vegetated works, on view for the first time in a gallery.

Art/Images in "Renditions of Impermanence (back space)"

  • Luis Xertu, Plants, acrylics on canvas, God's First Creature, 2016

    GOD'S FIRST CREATURE, 2016

    Plants, acrylics on canvas
    Luis Xertu

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    GOD'S FIRST CREATURE

    Plants, acrylics on canvas

    Luis Xertu

  • Luis Xertu, Plants, acrylics on canvas, Young Kronos, 2019

    YOUNG KRONOS, 2019

    Plants, acrylics on canvas
    Luis Xertu

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    YOUNG KRONOS

    Plants, acrylics on canvas

    Luis Xertu

  • Luis Xertu, Plants, acrylics on canvas, The Voyeur, 2019

    THE VOYEUR, 2019

    Plants, acrylics on canvas
    Luis Xertu

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    THE VOYEUR

    Plants, acrylics on canvas

    Luis Xertu

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    INSTALLATION

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    INSTALLATION

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    INSTALLATION

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    INSTALLATION

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    INSTALLATION

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    INSTALLATION

  • Luis Xertu, Plants, acrylics on canvas, The Number Two, 2020

    THE NUMBER TWO, 2020

    Plants, acrylics on canvas
    Luis Xertu

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    THE NUMBER TWO

    Plants, acrylics on canvas

    Luis Xertu

  • Luis Xertu, Plants, acrylics on canvas, The Three Fates, 2019

    THE THREE FATES, 2019

    Plants, acrylics on canvas
    Luis Xertu

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    THE THREE FATES

    Plants, acrylics on canvas

    Luis Xertu

  • Luis Xertu, Plants, acrylics on canvas, Hylas Decides to Not Return, 2020

    HYLAS DECIDES TO NOT RETURN, 2020

    Plants, acrylics on canvas
    Luis Xertu

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    HYLAS DECIDES TO NOT RETURN

    Plants, acrylics on canvas

    Luis Xertu


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