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How does one inhabit a space they’ve never been to, or contemplate a memory from a life they have not lived? Adriel Visoto’s practice, comprised mainly of tenderly rendered oil paintings, aims to answer this question through a series of meticulously composed vignettes. While Visoto’s paintings all share a cinematic quality, the body of work presented in Solitude Souvenirs utilizes direct quotations from American cinema, set in New York City, to convey melancholic atmospheres which prompt reflection on notions of intimacy, anonymity, and collective memory.

Drawing from a broad range of filmic …