SOLA
Maria Yelletisch
We are excited to announce SOLA, Maria Yelletisch’s new exhibition at our Turó Park space in Barcelona.
In an intimate reflection on the use of repetition and art as a refuge, the artist introduces us to a series of works that relate her experiences around the phenomenon of loneliness sought and found, the need to spend time with oneself, all inspired by specific memories collected since May 2020.
A narrative on which Maria has been working for two years based on trial and error; an exercise of compilation, of leaving one’s comfort zone, but at the same time, of settling down, putting one’s feet on the ground and appropriating one’s right to be in solitude.
»I confess that sometimes I have felt the need to run away from repetition, but I don’t want to run away anymore, this is my place and I want to stay here forever. ‘’
Maria Yelletisch
PUESTA DE SOL DESDE AVIÓN 2
2022. Oil on linen. 50 x 40 cm.
PUESTA DE SOL DESDE AVIÓN 6
2022. Oil on linen. 50 x 40 cm.
PUESTA DE SOL DESDE AVIÓN 1
2022. Oil on linen. 50 x 40 cm.
DE ROSA A VERMELL
2022. Oil on paper. 50 x 35 cm.
This exhibition was born from reliving the memories of the few moments I have spent alone since May 2020.
I clarify that by »alone», I mean »without my daughters».
Finding the right dose of solitude is a very complicated thing. Years ago, I used to spend a lot of time alone. It’s something that can get out of hand and sometimes I would get depressed or go into endless cycles of boredom. Gradually these moments of solitude became more and more rare. It may seem like a good thing, but now that I can’t have them, I need them and even though I feel like a bad mother, I look for them.
Alone they are memories of some moments lived in solitude, and those memories have some very present colors.
I feel that there is something very important in this type of work; I like to think that when someone stands in front of my canvases, each person feels something different. Something that has been created from something extremely intimate and personal, can transport someone to their own intimacy, even if it has nothing to do with mine.
That my sunrises in Asturias activate in another person the warm memory of the last time they hugged someone. That is nice. It is for me.
JARDÍN DE ASTURIAS A LAS 6 A.M CON VACA
2022. Oil on linen. 162 x 146 cm.
L.B 1
2022. Oil on linen. 50 x 40 cm.
L.B 2
2022. Oil on linen. 50 x 40 cm.
CIELO 1
2022. Oil on linen. 50 x 40 cm.
IRLANDA 1
2022. Oil on linen. 50 x 40 cm.
IRLANDA 2
2022. Oil on linen. 50 x 40 cm.
BLAU AMD VERMELL
2022. Oil on paper. 50 x 35 cm.
ASTURIAS 2
2022. Oil on paper. 50 x 35 cm.
Among other things, I have imagined making vindicatory art, either because I have wanted to or because I have felt that I should want to. But no anymore, I have decided that I want my works to be a safe place, a pause: a place where I can rest. To be. To be alone.
Alzueta Gallery Turó Park hosts for the month of December SOLA. Maria Yelletisch’s most intimate project to date.
IR VESTIDA DE AZUL MARINO PEQUEÑO
2022. Oil on linen. 50 x 40 cm.
PUESTA DE SOL DESDE AVIÓN 4
2022. Oil on linen. 50 x 40 cm.
DORMIR 10H SEGUIDAS EN CAMA DE RIAD BONITO
2022. Oil on linen. 162 x 146 cm.
PUESTA DE SOL DESDE AVIÓN 1
2022. Oil on linen. 50 x 40 cm.
CIELO 2
2022. Oil on linen. 50 x 40 cm.
UNTITLED
2022. Oil on linen. 24 x 19 cm.
UNTITLED
2022. Oil on linen. 24 x 19 cm.
UNTITLED
2022. Oil on linen. 24 x 19 cm.
I feel that inspiration is chance, a slightly dangerous term. But the randomness of my paintings is something I like.
I admit that I always start the same way: from right to left, from top to bottom. But I don’t calculate how much paint I pick up with the brush, nor at what point in this journey that same brush will complain that it is out of paint and needs to be reloaded. For this exhibition I have chosen to work with oil paint, and I have rarely worked with it because we have always ended up quarreling; too dirty, too slow to dry, too much potential failure. In short, too many things I can’t control. Acrylic brushwork was something I could do with my eyes closed at this point. And I want my works to be a place to rest, I’ve said that, but not to stagnate. So this exhibition is also, for me, a small step out of my comfort zone.
This kind of controlled chaos is the little nuance that makes all my works different, even if they start in the same way. I like to know that there is a certain unintentionality in how my works will end up being.
I confess that sometimes I have felt the need, whether it is internal or provoked by something external, to run away from repetition, from always the same pattern, always the same idea, always the same mechanics… But I also confess that I no longer want to run away, I confess that this is my place, I confess that I want to stay here forever.
I invite you to join me to be alone, together.
Maria Yelletisch, 2022