Retraces Mexican artist Carlos Génova’s creative evolution over the past few years and recent fixation on space and time.

In astrophysics, the black hole is a paradox: invisible yet all-powerful, destructive yet indispensable to the galactic equilibrium. It symbolizes unknown, hidden powers and forces, and so also represents the limits of knowledge. The artist Carlos Génova (born Mexico City, 1975; lives and works in Mérida) ventures to explore this very paradox through the medium of painting. Génova has built an oeuvre that visualizes the fascination of space and time. It draws inspiration both from the Maya culture of his hometown Mérida and from art-historical references to Abstract Expressionism.

In The Art of Carlos Génova, art historian Charles Moore contextualizes Génova’s painting in an essay, supplemented by an interview with the artist.