Here are the first impressions of Ana Barriga's exhibition "I learn the merengue" at @paulroosencontemporary . We have decided that black is good for Ana's artwork and we are very happy with the decision.⠀ ⠀ You can visit the exhibition within the opening hours of the Affenfaust Gallery. Wednesday to Sunday 2-6pm during the exhibition or by appointment.⠀ ⠀ Whoever tries to decode Ana Barriga's art with the classical tool of iconography will not come to any higher understanding. The key to Barriga's enigmatic worlds of colour lies rather hidden inside ourselves. In the search for it, the artist places some messengers at our side, who we encounter in her paintings in the form of toy or saint figures. They act as a kind of mediator between the real and the fictional world. Barriga describes the latter as a fantasy world within us, as a "common place of artists and children". In that world, for example, peanuts are declared to be gods and a variety of knick-knacks to be icons. These seemingly absurdities simultaneously remind us of the banal conventions of our own lives: on which beliefs is our "reality" based? Are my own convictions perhaps only a product of the cultural and social premises surrounding me?⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Ana Barriga lives in Madrid and works mainly with oil paint, enamel, spray paint and markers. Her impressive compositions include painting, drawing and partly sculptural elements. Barriga's artworks have already been shown in many exhibitions in Spain's metropolises as well as in London, Miami or Mexico City. Furthermore, she has given lectures on her work at universities and art institutions. Her upcoming exhibition at Paul Roosen Contemporary is her first solo show in Germany.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ #anabarriga #spainartist #affenfaustgalerie #spain #painting #sculpture #oilpainting #prc #paulroosencontemporary #contemporary #art #contemporaryart #painting #kunst #fineart #modernart #artist #artgallery #artcollector #gallery #exhibition #canvas ⠀ (hier: Paul Roosen Contemporary) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDauYR5q8fK/?igshid=1esoif4cfqh6v
