“I look at the moon like a fellow traveler” brings together ten female artists whose practices conceive all life forms as part of a cyclical, interconnected entity. In their work, human forms assume the silhouettes of mountains, seashells spiral into celestial constellations. Weaving fragments of bodies into landscapes, the works in this show honour the kinship between humans, nature, and the cosmos.
The exhibition takes its title from a quote by Luchita Hurtado (1920-2020), the sensational Venezuelan-American artist who dedicated her career to bridging the gap between the self and all other living forms. Her extraordinary artwork presents life from unique perspectives. She turns the viewer’s gaze upwards with her skyscape paintings. She expands the viewer’s soul with depictions of limbs extending into sacred landscapes or standing figures becoming trees in forests. Always in tune with the ever-changing world around her, Hurtado’s work illuminates the shimmering threads that connect different forms of life on Earth and beyond. Her painting ‘Untitled’ (1976), is a great example of her Sky Skin series and the centrepiece of this exhibition.
Inspired by the late painter, the artists in this show share Hurtado’s belief in the universality of all life forms. Their practices inspire us to explore the natural world with wonder and collectively bear witness to its magical beauty. They interrogate assumed relationships between forms, revealing the harmonious connections between humans and nature. In their work, there is a visceral feeling that connects the viewer to the rhythms of nature.
Fragmenting natural elements into their own visual language of abstract geometries or surreal dreamscapes, the artists in this show celebrate the inherent energy that binds us together. It is no coincidence that women share the same cycle as the moon–we are all part of a universal process of metamorphosis. At once meditative and transcendental, the works in this show encourage viewers to look inward to heighten their connection with the divine order of
the universe.