Firelei Báez – Fruta Fina

Louisiana Poster with the work Fruta Fina by published in connection with Louisiana's exhibition (2024) with the Dominican-American artist Firelei Báez (b. 1981) – her first solo exhibition in Europe. Monumental paintings and installations full of poetry, pain and immense beauty confront the hegemonic language of power of the Western world. Old maps, architectural drawings and book pages are the tangible and vital starting points for her paintings.

The power and energy that flows from Firelei Báez's work is overwhelming. She paints strong, poetic images on old diagrams such as maps, book pages, and architectural drawings, moving effortlessly back and forth between abstraction and figuration.