And then he said: “Stop imagining a romanticized version of me“

2024
Transparent paper, charcoal, feathers, magnets, lace

In the group exhibition „Solid Plans,“ Lara Rocho explores the melancholy of Romantic. Delicate pencil and charcoal drawings emerge on highly transparent paper, processing the end of a relationship or what is commonly referred to in contemporary terms. The overlapping layers of paper partially obscure the images, keeping the view clouded. In the end, the paper works appear fragile and tentative, yet draped like an altar. The work is driven by the intention to depict the ambivalence of emotions and the phenomenon of imagining another person or a particular situation, which can lead to glorification.