LA SALA ART GALLERY
La Sala Art Gallery is a contemporary art gallery founded with the intention of creating a close and human space, where art is experienced as an open dialogue. More than a place for exhibition, La Sala is a meeting point for artists, collectors, and visitors seeking to connect with authentic and relevant artistic proposals within the contemporary art scene.
Currently located in the center of Mérida, Yucatán, La Sala maintains a constant relationship between the local context and the international art landscape, presenting artists whose work invites reflection, emotion, and new readings of the contemporary world.
FOUNDATION AND HISTORY
La Sala Art Gallery was founded in 2014 by Alfredo Romero and Laura García with the aim of creating a space that would function as an extension of the home—a living room where art could be enjoyed in a natural and intimate way.
Over the years, this gallery has participated in more than fifteen art fairs across the United States, bringing the work of Mexican artists to an international context. This trajectory has enabled the gallery to build meaningful collaborations with galleries in cities such as New York, strengthening its presence within the contemporary art market and scene.
Although the physical space has evolved over time, the essence of La Sala remains unchanged: to be a place where art is shared, discussed, and truly lived.
An art gallery with more than 15 years of experience, located in the heart of Mérida, Yucatán—one of Mexico’s most beautiful cities. Set within the historic center, La Sala Art Gallery is a space dedicated to international contemporary art, surrounded by culture, history, and tradition.
Since its beginnings, La Sala Art Gallery has been conceived as a warm and welcoming space. Its concept is rooted in closeness: a place where people can feel at home, engage with the artworks at a relaxed pace, and take part in meaningful conversations around art.
OPENING HOURS
Mon - Fri
10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Saturday
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
C. 60 381A-por 43 y 41, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yuc.
Recovered Matter, Suspended Time, Active Silence
Recovered Matter, Suspended Time, Active Silence brings together the practices of Pascale Fournier, Alfredo Romero, Rainer Lagemann, and Gustavo Tanus in a dialogue in which matter ceases to function as mere support and becomes a sensitive archive. In this convergence of languages, materials not only contain history: they activate it, translate it, and transform it into perceptual experience.
PASCALE FOURNIER
Fournier works with recovered materials that she collects in different territories and weaves into her works, activating the memory of place and capturing the essence of their origin. Each piece functions as an affective map in which the artisanal gesture becomes a way of recording the landscape, movement, and time.
RAINER LAGEMANN
Rainer introduces movement and suspended silhouettes through rigid materials such as steel, challenging their apparent inflexibility to construct images of fragility and absence. His pieces evoke the melancholy of a presence that is no longer there: bodies halted in an intermediate time, where the gesture remains suspended and silence becomes eloquent.
ALFREDO ROMERO
A reunion with the visual memory of the streets and an interdisciplinary project of artistic experimentation that sets the dialogue between social memory, ephemeral architecture, advertising signs, and the passage of time. The paintings and signs on building's facades recount the recent history of the place, an intimate and emotional take on our childhood and path through life. Memory spins around itself, but it requires of mirrors and windows to stay on the move. Through the Strappo technique, used by anthropologists and archaeologists to detach and restore mural paintings from walls, Romero gives us that possibility.
GUSTAVO TANÚS
Tanus, by contrast, deliberately moves away from utilitarian ceramics to emphasize the role of fire as a transformative agent. In his pieces, matter manifests in its most raw and essential state, establishing an open dialogue from a brutalist aesthetic. Form does not seek to impose itself, but rather allows the material itself to reveal its limits, tensions, and possibilities, offering a new reading of its nature.
CONTACT
If you would like to learn more about La Sala Art Gallery, our current exhibition, or the work of any of the artists, we would be happy to assist you. Whether you wish to request information, schedule a visit, or receive personalized guidance, we invite you to contact us and continue the conversation around contemporary art.
