d. thompson

The exhibition “The Absent Structure 2.0, 24 Women in Abstract Art” was inaugurated at the Querétaro Art Museum (MAQRO), consisting of works that use a visual language based on form, color and line to create a composition with a high degree of independence from the visual references of the world.

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The exhibition shows how the arts of different cultures became accessible and showed alternative ways of describing the visual experience, after many artists felt the need to create a new type of science, religion and philosophy towards the end of the 19th century.

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Abstraction in art is not about telling a particular story, but about encouraging the viewer's engagement with an aesthetic form and stimulating their imagination. Abstract artists are free to explore their themes from a variety of perspectives, textures, colors, shapes, values, lines, geometries, and situations.

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In “The Absent Structure 2.0, 24 Women in Abstract Art” we see how movement can be shown like never before, because simply by adding abstract elements to their works, the artists increase their evocative capacity.

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The nature of abstract painting is that the viewer experiences a constantly evolving understanding, as part of emotion, and like culture itself, there is no final resolution to a successful painting: it continues to evolve and evoke.

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The cast includes Ana Thiel, Beatriz Simon, Beverly Moor, Bobbi Van, Claudia Ramos, Debra Thompson, Esmeralda Torres, Gabriela Aguirre, Geraldine Zinat, Guadalupe Morazúa, Kambria Anton, Kathleen Camarata, Laura Enciso, Marcela Rosado, Maru Vazquez, Marypaz Cervera, Merry Calderoni, Pia Seiersen, Rosalía Briones, Shadi Yousefian, Terry Ann Tomlinson, Wendy Moyer and Yarla Landeros.

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{The exhibition ran from February 26 through April 28, 2024 @ MAQRO in the Historic Center of Querétaro}