Arcadia Contemporary is proud to present “Ritvals,” the second solo exhibition of
new paintings by the young, Latin master, Jose Lopez Vergara. Merging classical
drawing and painting techniques with a contemporary sensibility, Vergara continues to create elegant and mystical works that are a result of his academic training at the Angel Academy of Art in Florence and later at the Grand Central Atelier in New York.
“In this show of my newest oil paintings, I continue to explore characters of mythological provenance; guardians, wanderers, maidens, beasts... I’m trying to find what remains sacred in the modern human condition.
I want to present the fierce instinct to protect what we love, the longing for connection, the patience to create something by hand, the small acts of reverence hidden in our routines. These acts manifest themselves in our mundane efforts such as lighting a candle or whispering a name. The arise in our urge to tell stories, the persistence of love, the uncertainty of death and our desire
