The artwork maps out an immersive process-driven search to leave aside narrative figurative elements and reduce the image to pure shape and color. Shifting dynamically in a self-referential way, the graphic composition builds on found materials as well as her own previous pieces, sketches, and palette samples to turn individual layers into an elegant topographic scenery of modern abstract art. The square orientation anchors a powerful perspective structured around a dense color-block environment, balancing interlocking organic segments of pastel pink, soft ocher, brilliant red, deep navy blue, and fresh green fields that rise effortlessly across the sheet plane.
This series is born from a search to leave aside the narrative figurative and reduce the image to shape and colour. Starts with both images found as well as her own images, previous pieces, from her palette, from drawings, in a self-referential way.
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Contemporary Abstract Painting on Paper - Untitled 2024 by Alejandra Quintanilla
Untitled, 2024
Acrylic on paper
Dimensions:
Frame size: 20.4 H x 20.4 W x 1.2 D in.
Paper size: 14.7 H x 14.7 W in.
Abstract collage mixed media
Alejandra Quintanilla holds a degree in Arts from the University of Monterrey (UDEM) and expanded her studies through a distinguished residency at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York. Her artistic work, known for its depth and exploration of contemporary themes, has been showcased in both solo and group exhibitions across prestigious galleries and museums in Mexico, the United States, Italy, and Brazil. Some notable venues include the Museo Rufino Tamayo, Centro de las Artes, Museo del Chopo, Bienal Monterrey (now Femsa), and Centro Roberto Garza Sada. Alejandra’s work is held in esteemed public and private collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston and the Museum of Latin American Art in California. Her 2005 participation in the Summer Residency Program at Cooper Union in New York marked a pivotal moment in her career, solidifying her position in the international art scene and allowing her to push the boundaries of her creative practice.
