In the project space, Yvonne Estrada will present a large selection of recent drawings and paintings in a free form installation that highlights their similarities and differences. A common touchstone throughout her work is the generative power of the gesture. Estrada often begins her drawings with a free and calligraphic stroke and then proceeds on an imaginative journey from the general to the highly specific. Motifs inspired by nature are then added and carefully refined to a high degree of delicate complexity with the original gesture serving as the organizing core of the piece. In her paintings gesture is expressed in high energy swaths of jewel-like colors that form fields which frame elements improvised and developed in the drawings. What changes from one media to the next is the level of intensity and weight. She has stated that in her work,"Perceptions of time and space [are] manifested in simple lines and shapes, [and]evolve as an unpredictable microcosm of chaos and order,revealing ever shifting subconscious states." If the drawings present us with a lucid visual reverie, rich with symbols and lighter than air, then the paintings evoke stronger moods packing a concentrated potency within their relatively small formats.

Originally from Colombia, Yvonne Estrada has shown her paintings and drawings extensively throughout South America and the U.S. Concurrent with her exhibition at Metaphor, she is exhibiting a large site-specific drawing project at Wave Hill in the Bronx. Her work can be found in numerous corporate and private collections.