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expo, chicago, 2024
Chechu Álava 11 - 14 Apr 2024For EXPO Chicago 2024 Cob is pleased to present seven new oil on linen paintings by Spanish artist Chechu Álava. Dedicated to the art historical canon of painting, Álava is known for an ongoing series that reinterpret works by historical artists. These riffs signal a self-reflexive interest in the history of art – a remaking or re-scripting of the canon on her own terms. This series of paintings compounds Álava's determination to construct an eminently feminine imaginary; with the image of women the central subject in Alava’s work, both in...Read more -
Contemporary Art Now, Ibiza, 2022
Chechu Álava | Tomo Campbell | Tahnee Lonsdale | Ming Ying 13 - 17 Jul 2022Cob is pleased to announce it's inclusion in the 2022 iteration of Contemporary Art Now Fair in Ibiza this coming July presenting works by Chechu Álava , Tomo Campbell, Tahnee Lonsdale and Ming Ying. These artists are brought together in their exploration of the still life as substitute for the figurative. Compositions devoid of a physical human presence, yet in their absence imbuing the inanimate with a sense of the human condition. CAN – Contemporary Art Now– is envisioned as a laid-back event that celebrates somewhat...Read more