Inspired by the Brazilian song ‘Um Girassol da Cor de Seu Cabelo’, Claire Fahys’ solo
exhibition Viento Solar, or ‘Solar Wind’, follows a recent residency in Mexico City
reflecting on the pulsating spirit and light of the city.
VIENTO SOLAR - 2024- Oil on canvas - 175 x 152 cm
Close up VIENTO SOLAR
A TU RECUERDO - 2024- Oil on canvas - 70 x 80 cm
Close up A TU RECUERDO
NARANJO. - 2024- Oil on canvas - 145 x 190 cm
Close up NARANJO
Close up NARANJO
LAGUNA DEL CARMEN. - 2024- Oil on canvas - 30 x 25 cm
LAGUNA DEL CARMEN. - 2024- Oil on canvas - 30 x 25 cm
Installation view , Pipeline Gallery
Installation view , Pipeline Gallery
PACIFICO. - 2024- Oil on canvas - 145 x 190 cm
Close up from PACIFICO
Close up from PACIFICO
LAGOS, PAISAJE DE VENTANA - 2024- Oil on canvas - 180 x 145 cm
SOMBRA REGINA- 2024- Oil on canvas - 70 x 50 cm
Close up from SOMBRA REGINA
DESAYUNO- 2024- Oil on canvas - 15 x 10 cm
DESAYUNO- 2024- Oil on canvas - 15 x 10 cm
Close up from DESAYUNO
BIBLIOTECA. - 2024- Oil on canvas - 50 x 70 cm
Close up from BIBLIOTECA
Installation view , Pipeline Gallery
Installation view , Pipeline Gallery
Inspired by the Brazilian song ‘Um Girassol da Cor de Seu Cabelo’, Claire Fahys’ solo exhibition Viento Solar, or ‘Solar Wind’, follows a recent residency in Mexico City reflecting on the pulsating spirit and light of the city.
Influenced by Richard Dieberkorn’s urban landscapes and Lois Dodd’s windows, Fahys pays close attention to colour planes and subdivisions within a painting.
At the same time, she manipulates space and form by stripping away extraneous details and allowing raw canvas to peer through.
The technique allows for a breakdown of edges, opening up her paintings for energy to move freely within them.
Compositions are framed by architecture or constructed from Fahys’ direct environment, such as the view from her studio or a trip to the coast.
Using a heavily saturated palette and swift brushstrokes, Fahys explores the potential of paint as a medium. In some paintings light dissolves colour, relying on the shadows to liven the scene.
She brings a luminosity into her work which marks a departure from her earlier paintings, infusing even night scenes with a radiant quality.
In rhythmically challenging light between interior and exterior spaces, each painting holds within it the hum of the city.
MORE WORKS FROM THE SAME SERIES
POPOCATEPETL- 2024- Oil on canvas - 50 x 70 cm
Close up from POPOCATEPETL
RITMO DE LA CIUDADELA - 2024-oil on canvas - 180 x 220 cm
Close up from RITMO DE LA CIUDADELA
LAGOS 2pm. - 2024- Oil on canvas - 70 x 50 cm
Close up from LAGOS 2pm
Laguna de Términos - 2024 - oil on canvas - 30 x 25 cm
Laguna de Términos - 2024 - oil on canvas - 30 x 25 cm
La Merced - 2024 - oil on canvas - 30 x 25 cm
La Merced - 2024 - oil on canvas - 30 x 25 cm