At first glance, the paintings in Blossom of a Lost World, Julien Jaca’s latest exhibition at PULPO GALLERY, might seem familiar—bold floral compositions, alive with drips and gestural urgency. But these are not flowers as we know them; they are not gentle, nor merely decorative. They do not simply represent beauty—they contend with it. In Jaca’s hands, the act of painting becomes a push and pull between luminosity and darkness, creation and erasure, exuberance and loss.
