Byron Lombardo Mejía (Tegucigalpa, 1978)
Espacios Interiores (Interior Spaces), oil on canvas, 2000

"Mejía is a member of the youngest generation of Honduran painters. Last year, during the selection of the Honduran representation for the Central American Biennial held in Costa Rica, his work caught the attention of experts including the IDB Cultural Center Curator, who recommended that the center’s Acquisition Committee consider his work for possible purchase. This work is a diptych (two-panel) piece, and although apparently abstract, it is indeed figurative. The pictorial "space" echoes the human interior, that today seems more than ever devoid of rationality and compassion. "These spaces," says the artist, "are the habitat of souls possessed by madness."

—Félix Angel, Curator, IDB Cultural Center

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