Juan Uslé
Soñé que revelabas (Bravo), 2020
Vinyl dispersion and dry pigment on canvas
120.1 x 89.75 inches (305 x 228 cm)
Soñé que revelabas (Bravo) belongs to Uslé’s best-known family of works (1997–ongoing), known for filmstrip-like brushstrokes that are applied on canvas guided by the artist’s heartbeat. Seemingly uniform at a distance, a close-up look at Uslé’s painting reveals the singularity of each brushstroke. As a transcript, the painting echoes that time is made up of innumerable individual moments, in this case, reduced to a pulse. Created in New York in 2020, the painting records life under unimaginable challenges; it also invites contemplation to live with greater consciousness, as individuals and collectively. – Coty Heinz Bustamante