Intro

The sketch is the primary form of this work. There is nothing more than a blank piece of paper where little by little a few ideas start to come out.
This first outline of the drawing is a gesture, an abstract and simplified streak of something that can later become much more complex.

In the case of Ana Alegría, that primary trace is her search; the simplicity of the gesture evokes a nascent idea. It is an unconscious flow that becomes an image. Clinging to innocence in a world intoxicated with anxiety is an act of courage. Paying attention to something that seems to be of no importance is almost a remedy for our times. Ana's drawings transport us to ephemeral moments, which are precious precisely because they last just an instant. Memories that cling to a piece of paper so as not to vanish.

She operates in the same way when she composes a scene on canvas. A collage of elements -cutouts of the reality that surrounds her- are represented in their minimal expression: the balustrades of a staircase, a calcareous floor, jewelry, mates, photos with her mother, flowers, textiles, appliances -all coexisting on the same plane without perspective and on a surreal scale. They are elements that represent daily intimacy that make up a domestic story.
Inside our house the world looks a lot like what we dream of. In Ana's work we look into that intimate space, the immediate environment that evokes inner reflection.

To talk about an artist is to talk about her life. Her themes reflect the human experience she goes through. In Ana's case this is evident, but in an abstract way. Her work describes a subjective feeling of events and personal moments shown as a dream rather than a reality. Her biography expresses universal emotions circumscribed to a story of veiled memories, to stains of personal destiny that reveal mysteries of the intangible world.

Ana invites you to play in her body of work like someone who unfolds a deck of cards and uncovers the nature of her work. Someone who penetrates a mysterious world of symbols with infinite combinations, where the abstract reigns in order to give free will.

Georgina Valdez