{"id":562298,"date":"2025-11-10T22:36:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T22:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/562298\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T22:36:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T22:36:25","slug":"in-inward-cinta-vidal-folds-time-and-space-in-perspective-bending-paintings-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/562298\/","title":{"rendered":"In &#8216;Inward,&#8217; Cinta Vidal Folds Time and Space in Perspective-Bending Paintings \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Known for her perplexing compositions of domestic interiors, <a href=\"https:\/\/cintavidal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cinta Vidal<\/a> continues to mesmerize with a new body of paintings at <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkspaceprojects.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thinkspace Projects<\/a>. The artist\u2019s solo show, Inward, continues her exploration of what she describes as \u201cun-gravity constructions,\u201d in which space and time appear folded or warped.<\/p>\n<p>In Vidal\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/cinta-vidal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dizzying compositions<\/a>, people occupy different areas of invented apartments and homes. Perhaps each tableau represents a different period of time; perhaps they are parallel universes. \u201cFor Vidal, depicting macro and micro levels of inverted apartment buildings and city structures illustrates the various ways the world is experienced by a mass population,\u201d the gallery says.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1501\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vidal-6.jpeg\" alt=\"a surreal painting by Cinta Vidal of the interior of a home, centered around a window at night, in which furnishings and scenes take place both on the floor and upside-down on the ceiling\" class=\"wp-image-465124\"  \/>\u201cFlat\u201d (2025), acrylic on wood, 31.5 x 31.5 inches<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe word \u2018inward\u2019 speaks to both layers of interiority: the shared indoor spaces we inhabit and the private, inward-facing state we enter when we disconnect from what surrounds us,\u201d Vidal says. A sofa, for example, can be a place of togetherness or quiet retreat. \u201cThese scenes reflect that subtle coexistence: being together, yet each within their own space,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n<p>Inward continues through November 29 in Los Angeles. And as a complement to the exhibition, Vidal painted a new mural on the side of a local frame shop called Sherman Gallery in Marina del Rey. See more on the artist\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cintavidal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cinta_vidal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1488\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vidal-8.jpeg\" alt=\"a surreal painting by Cinta Vidal of people laying on couches and chairs that are all next to each other at different angles and perspectives\" class=\"wp-image-465126\"  \/>\u201cSide by Side\u201d (2025), acrylic on wood, 23.6 x 23.6 inches<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1494\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vidal-7.jpeg\" alt=\"a surreal painting by Cinta Vidal of the interior of a home, with people seated in the foreground and another upside-down scene of the same people in the background, in the kitchen\" class=\"wp-image-465125\"  \/>\u201cMeet Up\u201d (2025), oil on wood, 31.5 x 31.5 inches<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1499\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vidal-4.jpeg\" alt=\"a surreal painting by Cinta Vidal of the interior of a home in which furnishings and scenes take place both on the floor and upside-down on the ceiling\" class=\"wp-image-465122\"  \/>\u201cCondominium\u201d (2025), acrylic on wood, 31.5 x 31.5 inches<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vidal-2.jpeg\" alt=\"a surreal painting by Cinta Vidal of the interior of a home in which furnishings and scenes take place both on the floor and upside-down on the ceiling\" class=\"wp-image-465120\"  \/>\u201cBond\u201d (2025), oil on wood, 27.5 x 27.5 inches<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vidal-3.jpeg\" alt=\"a surreal painting by Cinta Vidal of the interior of a home in which furnishings and scenes take place both on the floor and upside-down on the ceiling\" class=\"wp-image-465121\"  \/>\u201cBrerhen\u201d (2025), oil on wood, 27.5 x 27.5 inches<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1502\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vidal-9.jpeg\" alt=\"a surreal painting by Cinta Vidal of people laying on couches and chairs that are all next to each other at different angles and perspectives\" class=\"wp-image-465118\"  \/>\u201cSofascape 1\u201d (2025), acrylic on wood, 35.4 x 35.4 inches<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vidal-1.jpeg\" alt=\"a surreal painting by Cinta Vidal of the interior of a home in which furnishings and scenes take place both on the floor and upside-down on the ceiling\" class=\"wp-image-465119\"  \/>\u201cAttic\u201d (2025), acrylic on wood, 31.5 x 31.5 inches<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do stories and artists like this matter to you?<\/strong> Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"118516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colossal Member<\/a> now, and support independent arts publishing.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hide advertising<\/li>\n<li>Save your favorite articles<\/li>\n<li>Get 15% off in the <a href=\"https:\/\/colossal.shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colossal Shop<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Receive members-only newsletter<\/li>\n<li>Give 1% for art supplies in K-12 classrooms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Known for her perplexing compositions of 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