The shadow is an intermediary: a space between, an echo of light and form. It arises from the interplay of opposites—where presence brushes against absence, and the visible yields to the invisible. In this emergence, the shadow becomes both a question and a response. What does it conceal? And what does it reveal?

Shadows are not mere reflections of the world; they are traces—imprints of time, memory, and being. Like the fugitive breath of a disappearing world, they cling to the edges of objects and bodies, whispering of what has passed. Yet, in their silence, they bear witness, offering fleeting records of the ephemeral and the eternal.

The works in "Sombra" explore these intermediary spaces, drawing us into the tension between what is seen and what remains hidden. Through painting, photography, video, sculpture, and projection, the artists evoke a choreography of light and darkness, creating spaces where form dissolves and reconstitutes—where the shadow emerges as both substance and absence.

"Sombra" is not simply an exploration of shadow as phenomenon but as metaphor and memory—as the space where the personal and the collective meet. The works trace shadows across cultural histories and lived experiences, interrogating what it means to inhabit spaces of transition: between self and other, between the present and its ghosts.

To engage with the shadow is to step into the liminal, to embrace the ambiguity of the in-between, unveiling truths just beyond the edge of light.

Featured artists include: Natia Lemay, Sergio Suárez, Lotus Che, Camille Auclair, Fabiana Mapel, Xamuco, TBKTS Collective, Goma Xantana, Jamil Fatti, Mariana Paniagua, Leonardo Guerra and more.

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Dates: February 4 - March 7.

Adress: Alday Hunken Gallery, Toledo 47, Col. Juárez, CDMX.