Working within the realms of both photorealism and surrealism, Francisco Sierra focuses, for his first solo exhibition in Denmark, on the transformative potential of painting. A Bird in a Studio is inspired by an actual happening in the Chilean-Swiss artist’s atelier and presents new paintings, including depictions of owls, a recurring subject in Sierra’s painterly practice. Sierra (*1977) lives and works in Cotterd, Switzerland.
Opening: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 from 5 – 7:30 pm

Francisco Sierra
The all new Holy Spider, 2023
Oil on canvas
60 x 50 cm

Francisco Sierra, A bird in a studio
Exhibition view
von Bartha, Copenhagen

Francisco Sierra, A bird in a studio
Exhibition view
von Bartha, Copenhagen

Francisco Sierra
Untitled, 2012
Gouache on paper
26 x 36 cm

Francisco Sierra, A bird in a studio
Exhibition view
von Bartha, Copenhagen

Francisco Sierra, A bird in a studio
Exhibition view
von Bartha, Copenhagen

Francisco Sierra
Red Vase, 2022
Oil on canvas
190 x 140 cm

Francisco Sierra inside his exhibition ‘A bird in a studio’
at von Bartha, Copenhagen