Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM to Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM
solo., San Pedro
Solo is proud to present Dear Human by Bert Esenherz.In the works that comprise the exhibition Dear Human, numeric systems are employed alongside pictorial symbols that give way to a system of dots and squares. All of these, when deciphered with a simple key, refer to sentimental notions of home, such as Home Sweet Home, Our Town, and Love Here & Now. They are also the titles of the paintings.Bert’s vision of the future includes a series of dissipating landscapes, where all traces of humans and their structures will be destroyed, as in ancient civilizations. As imagined scientific documentation, some of the pieces are dated in the present and some in the near and distant future. Is Dear Human a dystopian vision of the future? Not necessarily. The future is still in our hands. While the artist believes we don’t have to save the world because the planet will exist without us, we do have a practical obligation to protect the environment in which we live. In the end, the message of this show is a direct appeal from the artist, “Dear Human, enjoy the life you have right now.”