Words that bring life
Palabras que dan vida
La Galeria Mérida
12/7/2024 - 2/9/2025
The act of naming is a radical gesture: it is the inscription of meaning into the fabric of the world, the fixation of something that would otherwise dissolve in the flow of eternity. It situates it, confers reality upon it, and makes it recognizable to others. In the moment we choose the forms to exercise this co-creative event, we invoke presence while affirming the existence of what, without that gesture, would remain unnamed, unrecognizable. The journey through “Words That Give Life” by Verónica Escalante positions us as explorers of this foundational gesture through the presentation of her own emotional map drawn from loss, genesis, and life—the three cores of the exhibition where poetry and painting inscribe a journey that spans from naming Being and delving into love to tracing paths of healing after experiences of loss and abuse. Through meticulous work with color, depth in the layering of her paints, and experimentation with texture, the artist's language materializes the subtleties of experiencing the vulnerability of inhabiting death from the womb itself while awaiting life; recognizing the body after the experience of abuse; exploring the consequences of emptiness; and co-creating with the divine and miraculous vibration of life. In the vaporous drawing of primordial waters, clouds, and the birth of the first mountains, the artist invites us to feel creation as more than a linear act, as a spiral of rebirths where experiencing life presents itself as a space of affirmation. The verses from poems written by Verónica, translated onto canvas as heartbeats, appear throughout the work as a reminder of how an infinite rhythm is sustained even in the face of the uncertain and the mysterious while giving life to the power of words. Here, to name becomes a song, a political declaration of love for living as a sufficient and complete action. Life is not just the sum of individual acts, but the capacity to coexist in a shared world. Verónica Escalante embodies this coexistence in compositions that celebrate continuity, the everyday, the extraordinary, and love. A writing that breathes, lives, and lies in wait. A way to insert ourselves into the world and keep meaning alive in the face of the fleeting nature of existence.
Regina Tattersfield Y.
Exhibition Curator
El acto de nombrar es un gesto radical: es la inscripción de sentido en el tejido del mundo, la fijación de algo que de otro modo se disolvería en el flujo de la eternidad. Situarlo, conferirle realidad y hacerlo reconocible para otrxs. En el instante en que elegimos las formas para ejercer este acontecimiento cocreador, invocamos la presencia y a la vez afirmamos la existencia de lo que, sin ese gesto, quedaría en lo innombrado, en lo irreconocible. Iniciar el recorrido a las Palabras que dan vida de Verónica Escalante nos sitúa como exploradores de este gesto fundacional a través de la puesta en el espacio de su propio mapa afectivo trazado desde la pérdida, el génesis y la vida, los 3 núcleos de la exposición en los que la poesía y la pintura inscriben un viaje que va desde nombrar el Ser y ahondar en el amor, hasta trazar caminos de sanación después de vivencias de pérdidas y abuso. A través de un meticuloso trabajo con el color, la profundidad en la superposición de sus capas y la experimentación con sus texturas, el lenguaje de la artista materializa lo sutil de experimentar la vulnerabilidad de habitar la muerte desde el propio vientre mientras se espera la vida, reconocer el cuerpo tras la experiencia de un abuso, explorar la consecuencia del vacío y cocrear con la vibración divina y milagrosa de la vida. En el vaporoso dibujo de las originarias aguas, las nubes, el nacimiento de las primeras montañas, la artista nos llama a sentir la creación más allá de un acto lineal, como una espiral de renacimientos en los que experimentar la vida se presenta como un espacio de afirmación. Los versos de poemas escritos Verónica llevados al lienzo como latidos de corazones aparecen constantes en toda la obra como una advertencia sobre cómo se sostiene un ritmo infinito incluso ante lo incierto y misterioso mientras dan un lugar de vida a la fuerza de la palabra. Aquí, nombrar se convierte en un canto, una declaración política de amor por vivir como una acción suficiente y plena. La vida no es solo la suma de los actos individuales, sino la capacidad de coexistir en un mundo compartido. Verónica Escalante plasma esta coexistencia en composiciones que celebran la continuidad, lo cotidiano, lo extraordinario y el amor. Una escritura que respira, vive y se encuentra latente. Una forma de insertarnos en el mundo y de mantener vivo el sentido frente a la fugacidad de la existencia.
Regina Tattersfield Y
Curadora de la Exposición.
Works of the Exhibition
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Uri
Who could know the strength of a woman who bears life inside her and never sees her become alive
Acrylic on canvas
39.37 ″ in diameter (100cm de diámetro)
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Genesis
In the beginning God separated the heavens and the earth
Acrylic and bronze leaf on canvas
47.24″ in diameter (120cm de diámetro)
$1,650 USD (33,300 MXN)
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Spirit over water
and the spirit of God hovered over the waters
Acrylic and bronze leaf on canvas
47.24″ in diameter (120cm de diámetro)
$1,650 USD (33,300 MXN)
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Spoken into life
And God said, let there be light
Acrylic on canvas
78.74″ x 118.11″ (200×300cm)
$6,541 USD (132,000 MXN)
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It is good
And they saw it was good
Acrylic on canvas
78.74″ x 47.24″ (200×120cm)
$2,616 USD (52,800 MXN)
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Still there
The lingering weight
Acrylic on canvas
78.74″ x 47.24″ (200×120cm)
$2,616 USD (52,800 MXN)
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Emotion
of pained emotion
Acrylic on canvas
78.74″ x 47.24″ (200×120cm)
$2,616 USD (52,800 MXN)
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Pink snow
Of laughter and snow pink snow was aglow
Gouache on Fabriano watercolor paper
19.69″ x 23.62″ (50 × 60cm)
$436 USD (8,800 MXN)
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Fullfilled
as fulfillment breathed forth an unraveling show
Gouache on Fabriano watercolor paper
19.69″ x 23.62″(50 × 60cm)
$436 USD (8,800 MXN)
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Together
as those dearest arose to join spirits of old
Gouache on Fabriano watercolor paper
19.69″ x 23.62″(50 × 60cm)
$436 USD (8,800 MXN)
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Struggle
I struggle here
Gouache on Khadi paper
20.08″ x 24.80″ (51 × 63cm)
$412 USD (8,333 MXN)
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Memory
in the memory of all the dark places
Gouache on Khadi paper
20.08″ x 24.80″ (51 × 63cm)
$412 USD (8,333 MXN)
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The sick
where he stood and watched
Gouache on Khadi paper
20.08″ x 24.80″ (51 × 63cm)
$412 USD (8,333 MXN)
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Fear
in the closing corners of my eyes all the fear and doubt
Gouache on Khadi paper
20.08″ x 24.80″ (51 × 63cm)
$412 USD (8,333 MXN)
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Too close
all too close and misguided, all to fail in good standing
Gouache on Khadi paper
20.08″ x 24.80″ (51 × 63cm)
$412 USD (8,333 MXN)
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There
Verso: I struggled there to know danger was friendly, to think trust needed no earning.
Gouache on Khadi paper
20.08″ x 24.80″ (51 × 63cm)
$412 USD (8,333 MXN)
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Here now
I’m here now, safe in my own tending
Gouache on Khadi paper
20.08″ x 24.80″ (51 × 63cm)
$412 USD (8,333 MXN)
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Distance
far from their reaching
Guache sobre papel Khadi
51 × 63cm
$8,333 MXN
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Safe
now here, not in darkness
Gouache on Khadi paper
20.08″ x 24.80″ (51 × 63cm)
$412 USD (8,333 MXN)
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Arrive
Love is an endless thing, that comes in the night and creeps in your skin
Gouache on Canvas
19.69″ x 15.75″ / 11.81″ diameter (50 × 40cm / 30cm de diámetro)
$411 USD (8,300 MXN)
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A dream
as it awakens your pores and feeds you a dream of a numbing breeze
Gouache on Canvas
19.69″ x 15.75″ / 11.81″ diameter (50 × 40cm / 30cm de diámetro)
$411 USD (8,300 MXN)
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Souls awakening
As your mind lays to rest and your soul awakens, love is an endless thing
Gouache on Canvas
19.69″ x 15.75″ / 11.81″ diameter (50 × 40cm / 30cm de diámetro)
$411 USD (8,300 MXN)
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Embodiment
that caresses your skin and comforts your heart, it covers your back and whispers a kiss
Gouache on Canvas
19.69″ x 15.75″ / 11.81″ diameter (50 × 40cm / 30cm de diámetro)
$411 USD (8,300 MXN)
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Moments
Love is an endless thing not yours or mine but of seconds intertwined.
Gouache on Canvas
19.69″ x 15.75″ / 11.81″ diameter (50 × 40cm / 30cm de diámetro)
$411 USD (8,300 MXN)
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Love
Love is.
Gouache on Canvas
19.69″ x 15.75″ / 11.81″ diameter (50 × 40cm / 30cm de diámetro)
$411 USD (8,300 MXN)
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A quick death
Death Never came swiftly
Gouache on Fabriano watercolor paper
9.45″ x 11.81″ (24 × 30cm)
$177.60 USD (3,584 MXN)
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Those who yearn
for those prepared
Gouache on Fabriano watercolor paper
9.45″ x 11.81″(24 × 30cm)
$177.60 USD (3,584 MXN)
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Never reaching
it loomed
Gouache on Fabriano watercolor paper
9.45″ x 11.81″(24 × 30cm)
$177.60 USD (3,584 MXN)
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Shallow
You swim in shallow waters, close enough to see the shore
Guache sobre papel Fabriano
50 × 60cm
$8,800
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Darkness
You do not know the depths of darkness
Gouache on Fabriano watercolor paper
19.69″ x 23.62″(50 × 60cm)
$436 USD (8,800 MXN)
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Those who love
Or the seas of those who love
Gouache on Fabriano watercolor paper
19.69″ x 23.62″(50 × 60cm)
$436 USD (8,800 MXN)
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Unclear
As misty fog begins to rain
Gouache on Fabriano watercolor paper
8.86″ x 11.02″ (22.5 × 28cm)
$168 USD (3,386 MXN)
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Waiting
my souls despair lays silent here
Gouache on Fabriano watercolor paper
8.86″ x 11.02″ (22.5 × 28cm)
$168 USD (3,386 MXN)
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Assurance
unraveling voices hush numbly outside and whispered assurances flee free tonight
Gouache on Fabriano watercolor paper
8.86″ x 11.02″ (22.5 × 28cm)
$168 USD (3,386 MXN)
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Lo que será
Verso: Yo sé que será, cuando inunde tu paz y descanse mi aliento, cuando el murmullo silencie y la ausencia permee.
Acrylic on canvas
47.24″ x 15.75″ (1.20×40CM)
$523 USD ($10,560 MXN)
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Murmullos
Yo sé que será, cuando un suspiro libere el tiempo cesante, tu aurora luciente.
Acrylic on canvas
47.24″ x 15.75″ (1.20×40CM)
$523 USD ($10,560 MXN)
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Anhelo
Te siento y reposo en un saber inocuo, que llena mi ser y descanso en sepulcro.
Al saber qué será, disipa en mi el miedo y reposo en anhelo de ser uno sin más.
Acrylic on canvas
47.24″ x 15.75″ (1.20×40CM)
$523 USD ($10,560 MXN)

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