Galleria Macca

The way we are, by Omar Rodríguez-Graham (b. 1978, Mexico City; lives and works in Mexico City), curated by Efisio Carbone, features a collection of large works in dialogue with smaller drawings and collages. The presentation will be available exclusively online through our website and social media channels until the 26th November, 2026. Throughout the exhibition, a series of short reels will be released in which the artist and curator introduce the artist’s work and the monographic catalogue published by Fondazione MACC in 2025, ahead of his participation to the 1st Bienal de Yucatán (Mérida, Mexico; 26/11-28/02 2027), directed by Abraham Cruzvillegas.

The Painter of Light

Capturing light seems to be the starting point of Omar Rodríguez-Graham’s work. Not simply to portray it or use it to give shape to space, but to follow it as it meets matter and transforms it. It is an age-old, almost impossible pursuit. Light can never truly be captured; it changes even as we look at it.

In Rodríguez-Graham’s works, light doesn’t seem to come from outside, neatly arranged and predictable. Instead, it appears to emerge from within the painting itself, slipping between layers, overlapping brushstrokes and dense patches of colour. At times, it comes through strongly; at others, it remains hidden beneath the surface, like an ember that is still glowing. Colour is no longer just decorative. It becomes something alive: spreading, pulling back and pushing against the colours around it. […]

(Efisio Carbone, ISRE Cagliari)

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Le Macerie del Nuraghe (2023)
acrylic on canvas
190x153cm (framed)

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THE WAY WE ARE | OMAR RODRIGUEZ-GRAHAM I GALLERIA MACCA | 10.10 - 26.11 2026