Finding Stillness This Lent: A Journey Through 'Alaala' at Nami Art Gallery

In a world that constantly demands our attention, the Lenten season offers a rare invitation to pause, look inward, and remember. This year, Nami Art Gallery captures that exact spirit with their latest group exhibition, 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐚𝐥𝐚.

Bringing together nine masterful artists, Alaala is more than just a presentation of technical brilliance. It is a shared space for quiet meditation. Each piece carries its own weight of sorrow, reflection, and enduring hope, asking the viewer not just to look, but to feel before they understand.

Here is a glimpse into the profound narratives waiting for you at the gallery.

The Weight of Silence and Duality

The exhibition opens up conversations that words often fail to capture.

• 𝐍𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚’𝐬 Untitled offers a silence that feels heavy yet sacred. Without a declared title, his canvas mirrors those moments in Lent where language fails and only the heart continues speaking, echoing the in-between of suffering and redemption.

• 𝐄𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐨’𝐬 Doble Vista introduces the duality we carry within ourselves—the faithful and the doubting. His layered imagery acts as an honest mirror, confronting us with who we are and who we are called to be.

Tangible Sacrifice and Resilience

Suffering and victory are given visceral, tactile forms that allow us to walk around the story of faith.

• 𝐉𝐢𝐤 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐯𝐚's Risen, crafted in brass and wood, grounds resurrection in something enduring. It reminds us that rising again speaks to a deeply human resilience shaped by fire and time.

• 𝐎𝐦𝐢 𝐑𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 brings a raw narrative through Betrayal and Arrest and Iron Clad Sacrifice. Leaning into the tension and inevitability of sacrifice, his works remind us that before resurrection comes a deeply personal surrender.

• 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐢's sculptures, Corpus Christi and Risen Christ, make suffering and grace tangible in three dimensions, allowing the viewer to witness the story from every angle.

The Quiet Transmission of Faith

Amidst the grand narratives of Holy Week, the exhibit also tenderly honors the intimate, personal journeys of belief.

• 𝐉𝐞𝐭 𝐂𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧’𝐬 40 utilizes unconventional materials like scrabble tiles and layered textures to reflect on the forty days of Lent. It feels intentionally fragmented, much like our own daily struggles and small victories.

• 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 offers a luminous reflection on the roots of belief in his highly textured portrait of a mother and child. Rendered in a vibrant impasto of brilliant blue and gold, the piece is quietly anchored by the glow of a distant cross. Bello beautifully illustrates that the profound teachings of Christ—and the weighty promises of the cross—are often first understood within the comforting, quiet sanctuary of family.

Grace, Hope, and Intimate Devotion

The exhibit gently guides us toward the light at the end of the Lenten journey.

• 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐨 offers two deeply emotional works. A Glimpse to Desolation feels like a fragile breath of hope amidst despair, while Mother and Child, Homage to Bouguereau echoes a quiet, maternal grace that holds everything together.

• 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐨's Holy Face and Nuestro Padre Jesus Cautivo bring an intimate, up-close encounter with faith. The reverence in the details draws you in, asking to be deeply felt.

Experience 'Alaala'

Together, these nine artists have transformed Nami Art Gallery into a sanctuary of reflection. In their capable hands, Lent becomes not just a season on the calendar, but a true journey of the heart.

We invite you to experience Alaala. Visit Nami Art Gallery to embrace the silence within the art and find your own moment of reflection.