Join us for the Opening of La Hora Bruja / The Hour Before Sunrise by Victoria Cantons at Tube Gallery, curated by Christian Domínguez Dietzel.
The Exhibition The Hour Before Sunrise / La Hora Bruja: presents itself as a threshold between darkness and light. There is a moment, just before dawn, when the night still dominates but light begins to emerge. It is a threshold between sleep and wakefulness, a moment of suspension, transition, and possibility. Traditionally, this time of day has been referred to as The Witching Hour, a period of mystery, intuition, and revelation.
Victoria Cantons (b.1969, London, UK) is a conceptual visual artist working in London, UK. Cantons’s artistic work is varied and is presented in multiple mediums including painting, neon, poetry, text, performance, photographs and videos, connecting and disconnecting psychological boundaries in the relationships we have with ourselves and others. Her work is autobiographical and confessional with political undercurrents. Being raised in a multicultural and multireligious home by European immigrant parents—her mother was from Spain and Catholic, and her father was French-Algerian, born to Russian Jewish and Basque parents—Cantons has memories of being different from the outset.
Cantons’ work inhabits this liminal space, a territory where identity, perception, and memory oscillate between definition and uncertainty. Her paintings, her words, her figures do not offer absolute certainties but rather open-ended questions, echoes of shared experiences, and fragments of stories that are never fully told.
The exhibition The Hour Before Sunrise / La Hora Bruja brings together a selection of works that explore these themes through different formats and materials. From written language to the most gestural pictorial expression, the show unfolds as an emotional landscape in which the viewer can find multiple points of entry.
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Entry is free, with no prior registration necessary. Pictures will be taken during the event for social media purposes. Complimentary drinks will be served upon arrival. Dogs and children are welcome, under close supervision in the gallery’s perimeters.
