{"id":352,"date":"2025-05-14T11:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T18:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=352"},"modified":"2025-05-14T11:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T18:53:11","slug":"floral-quilted-portraits-by-maria-a-guzman-capron-cultivate-care-and-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=352","title":{"rendered":"Floral Quilted Portraits by Maria A. Guzm\u00e1n Capron Cultivate Care and Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Floral<\/p>\n

For thousands of years, flowers have been a rich source of symbolism. Dating back to the Ottomans, floriology<\/a>, or the language of flowers, blossomed in the Victorian era when a bouquet functioned as a nonverbal code. The delicate sweetpea, for example, might have been given as a thank you to a particularly generous host, while buttercups would tell the recipient that the sender thought them childish and immature.<\/p>\n

Maria A. Guzm\u00e1n Capron<\/a> (previously<\/a>) references the timeless expressions of flowers for Solo Pienso en Volver a Verte<\/em>, which opens this week at Lyles & King<\/a>. Translating to \u201cI only think about seeing you again,\u201d the solo exhibition comprises the artist\u2019s signature textile portraits of opulently patterned fabrics in a layered patchwork. Soft and plump with batting, the quilted characters are each unique, although Capron sometimes uses the same secondhand material on several pieces.<\/p>\n

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\u201cD\u00e9jame Llevarte\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Encircled in hand-dyed fabrics, the figures in this body of work are often doubled or conjoined, as in the embracing women of \u201cOtra Vez\u201d or the two-faced subject of \u201cEcha de Pedacitos.\u201d Love, warmth, and protection feature prominently, as hands grasp for one another or emerge as a three-dimensional gesture. Capron envisions these layered, hybrid forms as a way to visualize the various identities, experiences, and memories within all of us.<\/p>\n

The artist also stitches and screenprints a wide array of flowers on faces, garments, and throughout the lush surroundings. Sometimes abstract and often indeterminate, the blooms share stories and messages of desire that might be unspeakable or better communicated through a symbol of affection. Tending to love in all of its forms is the thread that runs through each work, as Capron welcomes us into a world in which compassion and care are the most beautiful gifts.<\/p>\n

Solo Pienso en Volver a Verte<\/em> runs through June 21 in New York. Find more from Capron on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOtra Vez\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cEcha de Pedacitos\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cPara Que Me Mires\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cTe Dej\u00e9 Quererme\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Detail of \u201cY Comenc\u00e9\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cTambi\u00e9n All\u00ed\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cAlgo Escondido\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Detail of \u201cOtra Vez\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cY Comenc\u00e9\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Detail of \u201cTe Dej\u00e9 Quererme\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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