Trasluz / Translucent

Works by Juan José Barboza-Gubo* and Michael Zachary*

January 23 – March 7, 2025

Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery

At the heart of Michael Zachary and Juan José Barboza-Gubo’s work lies the ever-evolving subject of landscape, which encompasses both the physical terrain and the metaphysical and conceptual underpinnings of space.

Trasluz / Translucent brings together the work of Michael Zachary and Juan José Barboza-Gubo, exploring the evolving concept of landscape. Both artists create immersive environments that blend physical terrain with metaphysical space. Barboza-Gubo’s frosted acrylic panels blur vibrant, light-filled forms, inspired by the Peruvian rainforest, inviting close observation without full revelation. Zachary’s intricate layering of CMYK cross-hatching similarly creates a visual barrier, offering a screen-like experience between the viewer and the organic world.

Trasluz / Translucent is curated by Sarah Montross

Virtual Tour

Landscapes of the Natural and Manmade World Unite in Stone Gallery Show

“It’s a very coy show by design, and in a lot of ways we would both rather hint subtly at things in order to create a space for your imagination as a viewer, rather than be too direct,” Michael Zachary says. “We wanted the show to feel like something absolutely familiar is happening, but just outside of your ability to understand it logically and name it, like a good line of poetry or a half-remembered dream when you wake up.”

As seen in The Boston Globe

Trasluz / Translucent was listed among the top things to do in Boston.

Excerpt: Here, contemporary painters Juan José Barboza-Gubo and Michael Zachary offer metaphysical visions of landscape — porous, engulfing, and shot with light — as if to reposition humanity within the wild rather than apart from it. Yet still, there is a veil obscuring mystery.