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  • Manuel Solano
Madrid, Spain
Egogénesis
6 Mar 2025 - 10 May 2025
Manuel Solano, Egogénesis, installation view.

Travesía Cuatro Madrid, Spain, 2025.

Manuel Solano, Egogénesis, installation view.

Travesía Cuatro Madrid, Spain, 2025.

Manuel Solano, Egogénesis, installation view.

Travesía Cuatro Madrid, Spain, 2025.

Manuel Solano, Egogénesis, installation view.

Travesía Cuatro Madrid, Spain, 2025.

Manuel Solano, Egogénesis, installation view.

Travesía Cuatro Madrid, Spain, 2025.

Manuel Solano, Egogénesis, installation view.

Travesía Cuatro Madrid, Spain, 2025.

Manuel Solano, Egogénesis, installation view.

Travesía Cuatro Madrid, Spain, 2025.

Manuel Solano, Egogénesis, installation view.

Travesía Cuatro Madrid, Spain, 2025.

Manuel Solano, Egogénesis, installation view.

Travesía Cuatro Madrid, Spain, 2025.

Manuel Solano, Egogénesis, installation view.

Travesía Cuatro Madrid, Spain, 2025.

 

Bringing the Light

light of light
a spark at dawn
voice of voice
enlightens the soul
light of light
voice that calls
all death to a single life
all life to a single light
voice of voice
light that calls
a spark at dawn
inflames the soul
there’s no death in life
there’s no life that doesn’t love
voice of voice
light of light
all the life in one life
all flames of a flame
all lights, one light
all voices, one voice

 

 

– Manuel Solano, 2025

 

Egogénesis could be understood as the birth of the self. This collection of large format paintings -which make up the first solo show of Mexican artist Manuel Solano at Travesía Cuatro- constitutes a series of five self-portraits. These visions of the ego, that the artist experienced years ago during a psychedelic experience, participate in a multiple narrative that, far from invoking what is popularly known as ‘the death of the ego,’ proposes a complex and heterogeneous vision of identity.