An arrangement of three framed photographs on a gallery wall

Homage to Luis Barragán: An Act of Poetry

Martirene Alcántara has been photographing Luis Barragán’s architecture for over 25 years. In Barragán’s masterfully designed spaces, Alcántara creates ethereal images that capture the permanence of architecture and the ephemeral nature of light.

In An Act of Poetry, the artist strips away extraneous visual elements, leaving behind only the pure essence of the subject. As The Orchid Show: Mexican Modernism celebrates Barragán’s pioneering vision of modernism, Alcántara’s abstract photography provokes imaginative new perspectives on the architectural poetry of Barragán’s work.

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