Micrographia is the new exhibition of María García-Ibáñez’s latest works and the first collaboration between Puerta Roja and The Cat Street Gallery. 

García-Ibáñez, a highly sought after Spanish young artist currently working in Mexico, already has works in international institutions and private collections alike, and is returning to Hong Kong for her second solo exhibition in Asia. With her career on a stratospheric trajectory, García-Ibáñez latest body of work is a truly exciting early look at a star on the rise.

Micrographia takes its name from the 1665 book by scientist and artist, Robert Hooke. A compilation of his own illustrations of some of the first microscopic observations of natural elements such as snow, ice and fossils brought a wealth of scientific data but also opened a fantastic miniature world to the public. Its magnificent illustrations were far more than careful observations, this book was one of the first fruits of science to strike deep into the non-scientific imagination of the public. With a deep sense of how science, philosophy and the arts can converge, Hooke revolutionised a new way of "seeing things".

Image: © Maria Garcia-Ibanez, The Cat Street Gallery