{"id":118788,"date":"2025-02-20T09:58:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T14:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-article&p=118788"},"modified":"2025-02-20T09:59:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T14:59:01","slug":"trasluz-translucent-stone-gallery","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2025\/trasluz-translucent-stone-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Landscapes of the Natural and Manmade World Unite in New Stone Gallery Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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Work by local artists Michael Zachary and Juan Jos\u00e9 Barboza-Gubo on view through March 7<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n
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This article was originally published in BU Today<\/a><\/em> on February 19, 2025. By Sophie Yarin. Photos by Jake Belcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artists\u00a0Juan Jos\u00e9 Barboza-Gubo<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Michael Zachary<\/a>\u00a0have been each other\u2019s biggest fans for years. The two, who met in graduate school and now are both Massachusetts College of Art & Design faculty members, have long talked about having a dual exhibition.\u00a0Their ambition has finally been realized in the new show\u00a0Transluz\/Translucent<\/em><\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0on view at Boston University\u2019s Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery through March 7. The show begins with a testament to their bond: two pieces of early art hang side-by-side, one by Zachary and the other by Barboza-Gubo, each proudly listed as part of the others collection. It\u2019s the first thing the two want visitors to take note of as they begin their journey through the gallery.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Transluz\/Translucent<\/em> is a shared vision: throughout their careers, both artists have confronted landscapes\u2014of the natural and man-made worlds and of the mind\u2014with a similar balance of representation and abstraction, a shared attention to quality of light, and a desire to confront the boundaries of reality and the limitations of the naked eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were looking at each other\u2019s work, and we thought that there was something happening between his work and mine\u2026we thought it would be really good to show them together, or at least to have some kind of a conversation about the similar subjects,\u201d Barboza-Gubo says. \u201cI trust my intuition as much as possible, and I think the same goes for Michael. We were literally photographing similar things before we even started talking and doing studio visits with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Colleagues and friends Michael Zachary (left) and Juan Jos\u00e9 Barboza-Gubo met in graduate school; today, both teach at MassArt. They have been planning a dual exhibition for years.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Zachary and Barboza-Gubo\u2019s decision to ground their exhibition in depictions of the natural world highlights a similarity in inspiration and approach, but each artist freely acknowledges that their technical processes are unique. While Barboza-Gubo works with large-format acrylic paintings\/installations that border on the sculptural, Zachary is engaged in a technique-oriented approach that limits his color usage to the CMYK color model\u2014cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, as is used in four-color process printing\u2014and combines them in intricate, cross-hatched grids to create verdant green, buttery ivory, and rich copper. Like a post-Impressionist painting for the digital age, his images coalesce more clearly the farther away you stand: a heron, overgrown vines on a fence, a skein of tree branches. The closer viewers get, the more they can understand the work\u2019s assembling parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The most significant thread between the two artists is their exceptional artistry. Both Juan and Michael demonstrate great attention to detail and are exacting in their technical skills. Their work is sharp, clean, and flawless.<\/div>