Sergio Vega's 'A cloud-forest of paper and ink' at Galleria Umberto Di Marino, Naples

Sergio Vega (Buenos Aires, 1959) presents his fourth solo exhibition at Galleria Umberto Di Marino in Naples, titled 'A cloud-forest of paper and ink'. The show features 24 photographic works from 2015 that explore the intersection of nature and culture, colonialism and the myth of the Garden of Eden. Vega draws inspiration from Antonio de León Pinelo's 17th-century theory that the Garden of Eden was located in the Amazon, a concept that justified Catholic evangelization and colonization. The exhibition juxtaposes domesticated spaces (e.g., 'Mansion rancho post cables', 2015) with untamed nature ('Picasso's Lines', 2015; 'Rough, twisted Rhythm', 2015), reflecting on dichotomies such as capitalism vs. Marxism, wilderness vs. domestication. Vega's travel diary 'Paradise in the New World' accompanies the works, describing a cloud forest where leaves become translucent or reflective mirrors. The exhibition runs at the gallery in Naples.