The Other Summer
Sebastián Espejo
15 West Central St
Preview: 26 March 2026, 6-8 pm
In the works presented in this exhibition we can see a shift in how Espejo (b. 1990, Santiago, Chile) deals with attention. Attention is still the raw material of his art, but while in his previous works, attention was consciously targeted and processed in the present moment, in this recent body of work, attention has shifted from the present moment to encompass a new back-and-forth complexity. By shifting his attention back to his own paintings after some time has passed, the artist creates something of a collage or pentimento. The task of revisiting becomes a new opportunity to adjust and change, just as we are constantly revisiting moments from the past in our own memories, what the artist has called “a mestizo, impure and mixed space.”
Text by Gabriel Peréz-Barreiro
'The Other Summer', 2026, installation view, Union Pacific
Sebastián Espejo, Siluetas, 2025-26, oil, ink and wax on wood, 25 x 20 cm
'The Other Summer', 2026, installation view, Union Pacific
Sebastián Espejo, Escribir los ojos, cerrar los ojos (To write the eyes, close the eyes), 2025-26, oil and pencil on wood, 30 x 25 cm
'The Other Summer', 2026, installation view, Union Pacific
Sebastián Espejo, Quebrada, told (Ravine, awning), 2025-26, oil on canvas, 25 x 25 cm
Sebastián Espejo, Quebrada, quebracho (Ravine, quebracho tree), 2024-26, oil on canvas, 30 x 25 cm
Sebastián Espejo, Constelaciones, 2024-25, oil on canvas, 25 x 20 cm
Sebastián Espejo, Shadow Matter, 2025-26, oil and pencil on wood, 25 x 20 cm
Sebastián Espejo, Noanoa, 2025-26, oil on linen, 40 x 30 cm
'The Other Summer', 2026, installation view, Union Pacific
Sebastián Espejo, Brook, 2024-26, oil and resin on canvas, 25 x 20 cm
Sebastián Espejo, Dogs, 2025-26, oil on wood, 61 x 46 cm
'The Other Summer', 2026, installation view, Union Pacific
Sebastián Espejo, Entre solsticios (Between solstices), 2024-25, oil and wax on canvas, 25 x 20 cm
'The Other Summer', 2026, installation view, Union Pacific
Sebastián Espejo, Quebracho (Quebracho tree), 2022-26, oil and wax on canvas, 25 x 20 cm