Exhibitions

ROBERT HERNANDEZ: ​NEVER DREAMT NEVER KNOWN

UT Downtown Gallery / 106 S Gay St. November 1 - December 13th

Robert Hernandez

Never Dreamt Never Known marks the first solo exhibition of paper sculptures by Robert Hernandez. The works present a series of imaginary creatures that emerge through a sustained and cumulative process. Guided by intuition and careful sketching, Hernandez composes hereditary patterns of repeated forms that link the figures together. Their striding postures, multiple arms, and cartoon-like faces evoke both the mechanical and the mythic — esoteric robotic beings assembled from paper, precariously balanced yet alive with forward motion.

The material itself is central. Paper carries its own memory, holding the history of each fold and cut. Its capacity for renewal and transformation makes it an ideal medium for sculpture, allowing these figures to oscillate between fragility and strength.