The colors of Havana
The series of works titled "Paradise" in the exhibition "The Colors of Havana" consists of elements from nature – branches and tree bark. These works reveal inspiration drawn from the origin of creation and the rebirth of woman. They allude to the mythical question of the emergence of the first woman within the creation of the earth – an earth that was initially disordered and empty. The Creator transformed this chaos into light.
Woman is part of this light. That's why I always try to use color in my work in an instinctive yet bold way. This use of color reflects an inner, primal response—an innate feminine power. Women carry within them natural, sometimes impulsive or involuntary reactions that stem from a deep survival instinct. The spread of water across the earth—the great flow of creation—is also part of this narrative. Woman belongs to the water, to the river of life. She survived the storm and emerged anew. That's why the color blue dominates in one of the works: a symbol of water, of movement, of rebirth.
Before the Creator formed woman, he caused the waters to flow to dry lands, allowing the earth to form. In another work, the earth appears, represented by the color green—a symbol of grass, growth, and fertility. In Paradise, the permitted fruits were part of the feminine. But without grass, there are no fruits; without fruits, no seeds. And in creation, the seed is the ancient symbol of fertility and femininity.
A third work in this series depicts structures reminiscent of cells – the connective tissue of the uterus, the matrix that shapes our bodies. This tissue represents collagen, resilience, and support. It is a structural framework poised between elasticity and flexibility, a silent foundation of life itself.
These abstract paintings are repositories of energy. They are works full of nourishment for soul, body and mind – an expression of a woman who creates, fights and rises again and again.
This exhibition is an invitation not only to see Havana, but to feel it.
✨ Vivian Zurita – The Colors of Havana
📍 Vienna
🗓 18–19 April 2027
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