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Borrowing its title from Andrea Wulf’s biography of 18th-century German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, the exhibition blends history, myth, and fantasy. Humboldt’s expeditions across South America illuminated the mysteries of the natural world, from measuring the heights of mountains to exploring the depths of Aztec culture. Perez takes a bold departure from this empirical approach. His vision of nature is not rooted in measurement and geography but in invention and creation. Painted with oil on linen in a muted palette, the familiar contours of mountains and rivers are refracted and …