Hernández Verano's "Piercing the Shadow" Opens in Madrid
Madrid's Ponce + Robles gallery opened "Horadar la sombra," an exhibition by Tenerife artist Jesús Hernández Verano exploring unseen themes through sculpture, installations, and drawings, which runs until January 7, 2026.
The Ponce + Robles gallery in Madrid opened "Horadar la sombra" (Piercing the Shadow) on Thursday, an exhibition by Tenerife artist Jesús Hernández Verano. It runs until January 7, 2026.
According to the gallery, Hernández Verano's work explores deep themes, where sculpture, installations, and drawings come together to express the unseen. "Horadar la sombra" doesn't offer answers; instead, it creates an opening – a glimpse into what usually stays hidden.
The artworks in this collection subtly link the body, memory, desire, and absence. Using diverse materials – some hard, some fragile, some porous – the artist creates a sense of physicality that isn't forceful, but enduring.
Ponce + Robles describes each piece as a tangible part of a hard-to-grasp emotion, an echo of things felt but not spoken. They contain a subtle hint, a small disruption that encourages us to look deeper, like a mental layer or a faint sound that shifts what's on the surface.
Concepts like skin, emptiness, hollowness, and cuts run through this collection. These aren't just literary ideas; they are ways that time and language leave their mark on physical materials. The 'piercing' isn't just of a shadow as a picture; it's about experiencing what cannot be put into words.