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

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • Emotion

    of pained emotion

    Acrylic on canvas

    78.74″ x 47.24″ (200×120cm)

    $2,616 USD (52,800 MXN)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • Struggle

    I struggle here

    Gouache on Khadi paper

    20.08″ x 24.80″ (51 × 63cm)

    $412 USD (8,333 MXN)

  • 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)

  • The sick

    where he stood and watched

    Gouache on Khadi paper

    20.08″ x 24.80″ (51 × 63cm)

    $412 USD (8,333 MXN)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • Distance

    far from their reaching

    Guache sobre papel Khadi

    51 × 63cm

    $8,333 MXN

  • Safe

    now here, not in darkness

    Gouache on Khadi paper

    20.08″ x 24.80″ (51 × 63cm)

    $412 USD (8,333 MXN)

  • SOLD

    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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • Love

    Love is.

    Gouache on Canvas

    19.69″ x 15.75″ / 11.81″ diameter (50 × 40cm / 30cm de diámetro)

    $411 USD (8,300 MXN)

  • 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)

  • Those who yearn

    for those prepared

    Gouache on Fabriano watercolor paper

    9.45″ x 11.81″(24 × 30cm)

    $177.60 USD (3,584 MXN)

  • Never reaching

    it loomed

    Gouache on Fabriano watercolor paper

    9.45″ x 11.81″(24 × 30cm)

    $177.60 USD (3,584 MXN)

  • Shallow

    You swim in shallow waters, close enough to see the shore

    Guache sobre papel Fabriano

    50 × 60cm

    $8,800

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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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