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The exhibition title “Fake Landscapes” embraces the theme of societal illusion. The works become a way to comprehend the perplexities of the contemporary world. Both large and small oil paintings hypnotize the eye of the viewer. A society was formed, where significant issues and human relations are constructed in order to please, or sugar-coat the truth, instead of questioning it. The use of natural elements such as flowers is Mariño’s way of highlighting superficiality. The “pretty” layer is a metaphor of a curtain thrown on the current affairs relating to politics, race, sexuality, …