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We all want to change the world, by Gioconda Rojas. A dense, imperfect magenta orb disrupts a vast expanse of muted whites and pale yellows.

Gioconda Rojas

We all want to change the world

Technique
Mixed Media on Canvas
Dimensions
118 × 152 cm
Status
Available
Palette
magenta, pale yellow, chalk white, sage green
Brushwork
Translucent glazes and diffuse sweeps across the background contrasting with dense impasto and linear sgraffito drawing on the figures.

Curatorial analysis

A dense, imperfect magenta orb disrupts a vast expanse of muted whites and pale yellows. Positioned in the upper left quadrant, this glowing disc does not merely float, but pulses with a vibrant energy; its edges discharge fine drips and gestural splatters, while its center holds a meticulous linear grid traced in white. That internal drawing, resembling the scaffolding of a tower or the blueprint of a structure in progress, turns the circle into a core of thought, a conceptual architecture contained within a burst of pure color.

Around this incandescent focal point, the pictorial matter unfolds into an atmosphere of subtle layers. Washed transparencies, scrapings, and broad brush sweeps combine glazes of luminous yellow and delicate grays that evoke shifting clouds or a horizon dematerialized by an excess of light. This ethereal drift halts abruptly at the lower right corner, where a rectangular block of sage green, opaque and sharply cropped against the edge, introduces an inescapable architectural gravity. The counterpoint responds not only to form, but to temporality: against the vaporous mutability of the background and the expansive energy of the orb, this lower plane imposes a resolute stability, an anchor that steadies the weight of the entire canvas.

The confrontation between the hazy field, the geometric certainty of the corner, and the concentrated drive of the red sphere articulates a lucid meditation on the construction of ideals. The title evokes a collective impulse for historical or personal transformation, yet the image transfers that promise to a silent, suspended realm. A fruitful dialectic thus emerges between that which remains firmly grounded and that which strives to rise like a fragile utopia, carefully planned over the void yet still weightless against the immensity of space.

We all want to change the world

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