Francisco Sierra: Alfombra

Francisco Sierra's uncanny, neo-Surrealist compositions demonstrate that figurative painting remains a vital mode of artistic practice today.

A baguette as a balloon, a square with a jetpack, and voyeuristic potatoes: in his photorealistic oil paintings, Francisco Sierra transposes commonplace objects into enigmatic and ambiguous worlds. Born in Chile and now living in Switzerland, Sierra engages with everyday phenomena and the history of painting through an ironic and often unsettling lens. By combining hyperrealistic representation with Surrealist motifs, his paintings, sculptures, and installations create an eerie atmosphere in which viewers may feel more like voyeurs. This volume traces Sierra's artistic development and presents his latest works, showcased at Kunstmuseum Solothurn in Switzerland.