The Persistent Gesture

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A single mark on a surface, a stitch repeated, a recurring knot, a line layered over another. These persistent gestures—highly subtle, yet deeply eloquent—gain meaning through their insistence and repetition. They come about as a necessity, as a way of working through what feels heavy, painful, incomprehensible, or what simply arises in the present. They are a visual translation of a ruminating mind: spiraling thoughts descending through the body, landing on paper, canvas or thread.

 

The Persistent Gesture brings together works by local and international artists in which a minimal yet consistent action is reaffirmed over and over, carving out space for what slowly emerges and is witnessed intimately. Like a personal mantra, the persistence of each gesture becomes a form of resistance against the relentless pace of contemporary life, which constantly pulls us forward. In the face of this imposed frenzy, these gestures become affirmations—pauses charged with meaning.

 

The Persistent Gesture invites us to observe slowly and attentively, to feel the pulse of what returns again and again. For within repetition lives memory, longing, and a deep search. The reiterative act—far from mechanical—becomes presence, care, a way of inhabiting what cannot, or will not, be left behind.

 

Alison Turnbull

Bernardo Ortiz

Elena del Rivero

Luz Lizarazo

Majd Adbel Hamid

María Isabel Arango

 

Curator: Paula Bossa

 

 

Exhibition dates: April 25 – July 27, 2025