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Viaje a La Luz, by Jorge Rojas Alfaro. A dense, gleaming vegetal dome dominates the plane like a contained explosion of pure matter.

Jorge Rojas Alfaro

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Year
2014
Technique
Mixed Media
Dimensions
53 × 121 cm
Status
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Palette
cerulean blue, titanium white, sky blue, dark navy blue, light ochre
Brushwork
Tactile impasto in high relief over an ethereal and glazed background

Curatorial analysis

A dense, gleaming vegetal dome dominates the plane like a contained explosion of pure matter. The canvas expands horizontally in a distinctly panoramic format, where an atmosphere of aquatic blues and hazy ceruleans wraps the scene in contemplative silence. In the exact center, a monumental canopy unfolds into a perfect semicircle, supported by a minimal, dark trunk that barely touches a slender, floating horizon line.

Relief constitutes the true pulse of the surface. Each leaf or branch is built from tactile, almost sculptural accumulations of white paste, projecting minute shadows upon themselves and against the dark underlayers visible within the canopy. This thick, almost mineral concentration contrasts sharply with the smoothness of the background, which is handled with subtle tonal gradations that suggest both an abyssal marine depth and a suspended celestial vault.

Beneath this arboreal structure, the lower section is populated by dozens of small linear signs evoking fish in transit. Rendered with delicate golden and whitish gestures, these ideograms advance from the edges of the frame and converge toward the base of the trunk, suggesting a rhythmic procession ascending toward the epicenter of luminous foliage.

The painting thus proposes a conjunction between two seemingly incompatible realms: the abyssal and the aerial. The tree does not belong to an identifiable terrestrial landscape, but rather to a mystical geography where light acts as a magnet for submerged life. In this intersection of scales, where the tiny and scattered pay homage to a colossal organism, the pictorial space transforms into a sacred threshold, suspended between the gravitas of matter and the weightlessness of the spirit.

Viaje a La Luz

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