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Nave hornero is Max Gómez Canle’s first solo exhibition at W, conceived specifically for W-Naturae in Pueblo Garzón, Uruguay. The show consists primarily of oil paintings on various supports, depicting landscapes imagined from a bird’s-eye view, specifically that of a hornero bird.
The artist envisions a hornero with its nest situated somewhere between Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil, taking an imaginary flight across these territories, linking different landscapes, and centering on the red land. This red soil, a colour derived from iron oxide and one of the first pigments used by …