{"id":8224,"date":"2026-09-08T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=8224"},"modified":"2026-09-08T09:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T16:30:00","slug":"edge-to-edge-splendor-fills-maria-yolanda-liebanas-buoyant-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=8224","title":{"rendered":"Edge-to-Edge Splendor Fills Maria Yolanda Liebana\u2019s Buoyant Paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Edge-to-Edge<\/p>\n

Tarot, pop culture, and personal narrative converge in the maximalist, mixed-media paintings of Maria Yolanda Liebana<\/a>. The New York-based artist opens her first institutional solo exhibition at Montclair State University<\/a>\u2019s George Segal Gallery this month.<\/p>\n

Titled A Place to Be Held<\/em>, Liebana\u2019s show revolves around a fantastical, Eden-like garden exploding with an extravaganza of rainbows, flowers, clouds, cosmic phenomena, and more. \u201cThe exhibition imagines a matriarchal world where chance, identity, and desire are always in motion,\u201d says a statement.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Aleph\u2019s Seduction\u201d (2024)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Liebana incorporates a wide range of materials into her vibrant works, including wallpaper, mirror tiles, pearls, glitter, disco balls, sequins, and rhinestones. She embraces the luminosity of joy and playfulness while nodding to Catholicism and ancient mythologies, invoked by symbols like chalices and cherubs.<\/p>\n

As a first-generation Latinx immigrant who grew up in New Jersey, the artist has long been interested in the nature of selfhood and inheritance, and the birth of her daughter inspired a body of work that explores motherhood \u201cas both a physical and spiritual terrain shaped by labor, wonder, and transformation.\u201d She depicts confident, empowered women who dance, recline, and enjoy one another\u2019s company, representing universal feminine dominion and strength.<\/p>\n

A Place to Be Held <\/em>opens on September 15 and continues through December 11 in Montclair, New Jersey. See more on the artist\u2019s Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTen of Cups\u201d (2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cThe World according to April 26th 2023\u201d (2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cQueen of Wands\u201d (2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Detail of \u201cQueen of Wands\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Detail of \u201cA Call to Heretics\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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