Margaret Thatcher Projects is pleased to present Compositions + Drawings, an exhibition of new works by Carlos Estrada-Vega. This is the artist's third solo exhibition at the gallery. Estrada-Vega's sculptural paintings incorporate a variety of media and a unique process of assemblage. Small canvas-covered blocks, each magnetized to hold its place within the larger composition, are painted highly saturated colors, the palette inspired by the artist's Mexican heritage. Seemingly monochromatic arrangements are revealed on closer ins... Read more

Margaret Thatcher Projects is pleased to present Compositions + Drawings, an exhibition of new works by Carlos Estrada-Vega. This is the artist’s third solo exhibition at the gallery.

Estrada-Vega’s sculptural paintings incorporate a variety of media and a unique process of assemblage. Small canvas-covered blocks, each magnetized to hold its place within the larger composition, are painted highly saturated colors, the palette inspired by the artist’s Mexican heritage. Seemingly monochromatic arrangements are revealed on closer inspection to be a dazzling array of distinct hues, an effect that is enhanced by the varying lengths of the projecting blocks.

The luscious texture of each cube effuses a tactile temptation that is difficult to resist. Estrada-Vega furthers this tension between touch and restraint by magnetizing the individual pieces and creating the potential for movement. Each rectangle and square is considered to be a distinct monochrome painting, the overall composition of multiple individual blocks conceptually and visually equaling greater than the sum of its parts.

Carlos Estrada-Vega’s paintings are in the collections of the Museum Katharinenhof, Kranenburg, Germany, the Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, and The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, as well as numerous private collections. Estrada-Vega exhibits actively internationally, and is represented by galleries in Germany, Switzerland, and Australia.