Botánica doméstica

Exhibition by Jorge Bayo in the Mª Teresa Telleria room of the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, with paintings, drawings and illustrations centred on the plant world. Curated by Virginia Villalobos.

The show brings together a selection of works by the visual artist Jorge Bayo made over the course of his career, in which flora is the main focus. Works on paper, made with pencil, felt-tip pen, watercolour and ink, predominate, alongside other painterly proposals.

The motifs stem from everyday observation and from the artist's numerous visits to the Real Jardín Botánico itself: small flowers, discreet leaves, isolated seeds, flowerpots, stems and plant forms in the process of withering. The route also includes the kakemonos, a personal reading of this traditional Oriental format, made in oil on polyester paper.

The exhibition, curated by Virginia Villalobos, offers a look at the depiction of nature from the perspective of what is close at hand and establishes a direct dialogue between Bayo's artistic practice and the garden that houses it.