Felipe Pantone's Latest Show Finds Plays in 'Perceptual Phenomena'

For Argentine-Spanish artist Felipe Pantone, superstimulation is a creative space. For his new solo show presented by Underdogs Gallery in Lisbon, Pantone explores all that unfolds when all the time is screen time. In a vibrant interplay of color, light, and geometry, the artist brings his signature optical art into conversation with everyday technology, giving the glitch a new aesthetic meaning.

For Pantone, color is a participatory practice. Featuring works across painting, sculpture, and installation, Perceptual Phenomena, Color Spaces, Structural Honesty creates the visual language for a reality that can’t seem to find its footing, capturing contemporary life in full flux. As each work stands as its own chromatic microcosm, Pantone keenly oscillates between various texture, graphics, and color.

At its core, the exhibition narrates humans’ ever-evolving relationship with color and light. Taking cues from his background in graffiti and urban art, the exhibition invites onlookers to fully immerse themselves in his experiential illusions. As Pantone faces the transformations brought on by a screen-enabled world, he urges us to return to our senses.

“Everything is suspended, interconnected like life itself,” the artist says in a recent gallery statement.”Every action has a reaction. Some things stand out more, but it’s the invisible connections that hold everything together. Don’t ignore them. Everything depends on something else. Make it better, don’t break it.”

You can catch Perceptual Phenomena, Color Spaces, Structural Honesty at Underdogs Gallery in Portugal now through October 26, 2024.

Underdog Gallery
R. Fernando Palha 56,
1950-132 Lisboa, Portugal