Drosera Capensis, 2026
Graphite and watercolor on Arches paper, mounted on canvas and a stretcher frame
90.5 x 70.5 x 6 cm
This new series of drawings and watercolors, begun in 2021, once again positions the city and architecture as subjects for reflection, but this time interwoven with fictions that often defy the logic of the urban and the rational. The architectural settings have been invaded by carnivorous plants whose visual identity is grounded in the artist’s meticulous research into different species, a project he has been pursuing for several years.
The emergence of these specimens reveals itself as a critical and poetic gesture, straining the relationship between the natural and the artificial, the organic and the rational, the real and the fictional. These works also offer a social and critical commentary on the contemporary city, plagued by political corruption, wars, and pandemics—challenges that can only be addressed through a profound analysis of our lives in conjunction with nature and our immediate ecosystems.
Photo: Oak-Taylor Smith
