
“Eames” (2023), oil on canvas, 100 x 100 centimeters. All images © Cinta Vidal, courtesy of Thinkspace, shared with permission
Known for her perspective-bending murals (
The artist’s background in scenography and set design lends itself to a natural curiosity about how people move around and connect in different places. Notable art and architecture plays a key role in Vidal’s recent paintings, from the seminal
Vidal’s paintings flirt with perception, filling private rooms and public areas with figures who barely adhere to the laws of gravity. Each composition can be flipped or turned onto its side to reveal parallel narratives unfolding in the same space, suggesting overlapping layers of time. In “Eames,” for example, people and furnishings wander up one of the walls and onto the ceiling, while in “Room,” the composition can be arranged on any of its four sides. The artist achieves this balance by anchoring paintings, corners, and windows around a central vanishing point.
Cohabit goes on view for four days only, from October 18 to 21, at a

“Avenue” (2023), oil on canvas, 80 × 80 centimeters

“Hotel” (2023), oil on canvas, 73 × 61 centimeters

“Plaza” (2023), oil on canvas, 61 × 61 centimeters

“Subway” (2023), oil on canvas, 73 × 92 centimeters

“Museum” (2023), oil on canvas, 61 × 61 centimeters

“Parlor” (2023), oil on canvas, 100 × 100 centimeters

“Room” (2023), oil on canvas, 100 × 100 centimeters

“Atelier” (2023), oil on canvas, 81 × 100 centimeters
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