THE SONG OF WATER | Solo exhibition by Jorge Cavelier

THE SONG OF THE WATER

Solo exhibition by Jorge Cavelier

edited by Elisabetta Roncati

Opening: Thursday, October 16, 2025, 6:30 PM

Look at the river made of time and water and remember that time is another river,

knowing that we get lost like the river

and that faces pass like water.

Jorge Luis Borges

On October 16th , MA-EC Gallery opens its exhibition season with Jorge Cavelier 's solo show, Il canto dell'acqua (The Song of Water ), curated by Elisabetta Roncati . Eight years after the solo show curated by Luca Beatrice, the great Colombian artist returns to Milan to exhibit at the MA-EC Gallery.

This is a major exhibition that includes oils, watercolors, and silverpoint drawings, many of which were created specifically for this exhibition and are emblematic of his vast output and his rare and refined technical mastery.

"Jorge Cavelier's work," writes Roncati, "is born from a profound and almost visceral connection with nature, experienced not as a simple external setting, but as a living presence that speaks, welcomes, and reflects our own inner selves. In his paintings, the landscape doesn't simply describe, but becomes experience: a space that suspends time and invites the gaze to slow down, to abandon itself to silent, almost Zen-like contemplation. The forests and hints of water that populate the canvases are never boundaries to be observed from a distance, but breathing organisms in which the viewer can lose themselves and, by losing themselves, rediscover their own essence: a poetic and powerful invitation to rediscover the intimate connection between our existence and the world around us. His works are landscapes and at the same time they are not: they are mental spaces, emotional refuges, places where each viewer can recognize their own inner voice. Looking at the forests, lakes, and rivers, we don't simply observe nature, but we listen to its song: a melody that reminds us how much we are part of it.”

The artist will be present at the inauguration.

Jorge Cavelier (Bogotá, 1953) currently lives and works in Florida. He studied painting in Bogotá, New York, and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. In 1983, he founded Trazo, an art studio and training center. He has held numerous exhibitions around the world, including in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Recent solo exhibitions include: 2023 Forest Landscapes. Baobab Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia; 2020 Regeneration. Virtual Solo Exhibition, MA-EC Gallery, Milan; 2017 The Forms of Time, MA-EC Gallery, Milan; 2017 Verdi Verd and ACA, Art Concept Alternative, Galeria Verdi Verd, Barcelona, Spain; 2017 The Forms of Time, Galeria Lamazone, Bogotá, Colombia. Recent group exhibitions include 2025 Palazzo Bastogi, Florence, winner of the 2024 Premio Firenze Exhibition Award; 2024 The Way You Look, curated by Daniela Pronestì, Pietrasanta; 2024 Il Filo di Turandot, MIIT, Turin; 2023 Tropics, Adelson Galleries, Palm Beach; 2022 – WOPART. Lugano Art Fair, Switzerland with MA-EC Gallery; 2022 Journey, Galleria Artespaziotempo, Venice. In 2019, he was selected as an artist for Pei's World, the exhibition curated by Luca Beatrice held in Venice during the Biennale. His works are included in important public and private collections.

Event coordinates :

Title: The Song of Water. Solo exhibition by Jorge Cavelier

edited by Elisabetta Roncati

Opening: Thursday, October 16, 2025, 6:30 PM

Location: MA-EC Gallery Palazzo Durini, Via Santa Maria Valle 2, Milan

Opening hours: Tuesday-Friday 10:00-13:00 and 15:00-19:00; Saturday 15:00-19:00

Until November 11, 2025

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