{"id":117271,"date":"2024-12-18T11:05:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T16:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=featured-work&#038;p=117271"},"modified":"2025-04-15T09:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:30:22","slug":"trasluz-translucent","status":"publish","type":"featured-work","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/featured-work\/trasluz-translucent\/","title":{"rendered":"Trasluz \/ Translucent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-background-dim-20 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-image:url(\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-75.jpg)\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><em>Trasluz \/ Translucent<\/em><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><em><em>Works by <em>Juan Jos\u00e9 Barboza-Gubo<\/em> and Michael Zachary<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\">January 23 &#8211; March 7, 2025<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:57px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph is-style-large\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph-content\"><p><em>At the heart of Michael Zachary and Juan Jos\u00e9 Barboza-Gubo\u2019s work lies the ever-evolving subject of landscape, which encompasses both the physical terrain and the metaphysical and conceptual underpinnings of space.<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><em>Trasluz \/ Translucent<\/em>&nbsp;brings together the work of Michael Zachary and Juan Jos\u00e9 Barboza-Gubo, exploring the evolving concept of landscape. Both artists create immersive environments that blend physical terrain with metaphysical space. Barboza-Gubo\u2019s frosted acrylic panels blur vibrant, light-filled forms, inspired by the Peruvian rainforest, inviting close observation without full revelation. Zachary&#8217;s intricate layering of CMYK cross-hatching similarly creates a visual barrier, offering a screen-like experience between the viewer and the organic world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5><em>Trasluz \/ Translucent<\/em> is curated by Sarah Montross<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:62px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay alignwide wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-square-2-s\">\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-03-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-120427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-03-636x424.jpg 636w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-07-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-07-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-07-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-07-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-07-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-07-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-07.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-12-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-120430\" 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js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-fourths-2-2\">\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-24-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-120433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-24-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-24-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-24-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-24-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-24-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-24-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-24.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-25-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-120434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-25-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-25-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-25-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-25-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-25-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-25-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-25.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay alignwide wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-square-s-1\">\n<div class=\"photo-s\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-29-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-120435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-29-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-29-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-29-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-29-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-29-450x300.jpg 450w, 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class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay alignwide wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-square-s-1\">\n<div class=\"photo-s\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-44-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-120439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-44-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-44-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-44-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-44-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-44-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Trasluz-Translucent-Mel-Taing-44-600x400.jpg 600w, 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sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/picture><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-content-outer\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-content-inner\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Virtual Tour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=https:\/\/my.matterport.com\/show\/?m=AwhuWJAQiGD frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; web-share; xr-spatial-tracking;\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-background has-primary-background-color is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(\/cfa\/files\/2025\/02\/25-1033-TRASLUZ_15-feat-1024x684.jpg);background-position:61% 55.00000000000001%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/02\/25-1033-TRASLUZ_15-feat-1024x684.jpg\" 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Show<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">\u201cIt\u2019s 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,\u201d Michael Zachary says. \u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"wp-block-button wp-block-bu-button bu-blocks-block-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2025\/trasluz-translucent-new-stone-gallery-show\/\">Read more in BU Today<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-background has-secondary-background-color is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" 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Acrylic paint, polyurethane, digital print, optical material, and frosted acrylic. 40 pieces, variable dimensions. Juan Barboza-Gubo\" class=\"wp-image-118549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/02\/02.10.25_BU-Art-Galleries-Trasluz-Translucent-Desborde-Juan-Jose-Barboza-Gubo-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/02\/02.10.25_BU-Art-Galleries-Trasluz-Translucent-Desborde-Juan-Jose-Barboza-Gubo-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/02\/02.10.25_BU-Art-Galleries-Trasluz-Translucent-Desborde-Juan-Jose-Barboza-Gubo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/02\/02.10.25_BU-Art-Galleries-Trasluz-Translucent-Desborde-Juan-Jose-Barboza-Gubo-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/02\/02.10.25_BU-Art-Galleries-Trasluz-Translucent-Desborde-Juan-Jose-Barboza-Gubo-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/02\/02.10.25_BU-Art-Galleries-Trasluz-Translucent-Desborde-Juan-Jose-Barboza-Gubo-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/02\/02.10.25_BU-Art-Galleries-Trasluz-Translucent-Desborde-Juan-Jose-Barboza-Gubo.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3>As seen in <em>The Boston Globe<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><em>Trasluz \/ Translucent<\/em> was listed among the top things to do in Boston. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><em>Excerpt:<\/em> Here, contemporary painters Juan Jos\u00e9 Barboza-Gubo and Michael Zachary offer metaphysical visions of landscape \u2014 porous, engulfing, and shot with light \u2014 as if to reposition humanity within the wild rather than apart from it. 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