Los Pensamientos
197 Pensamientos (thoughts) to represent every country in the world.
Painted by Úrsula Romero during her isolation from the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020 whilst in her studio high up in the mountains of Granada, Spain. The piece is a conceptual artwork that uses botanical imagery for its vocabulary. The flower in this piece is performing several symbolic functions simultaneously.
The piece is titled after the Spanish name for pansy as not only was Úrsula in Spain during this historic moment, but the name, akin to the French 'Pensée', has a double meaning for 'thoughts'. In the language of flowers, a pansy means that someone is 'thinking of you'. Often used as a get well flower, pansies can show that you sympathise with someone's pain and distress, in this case, a country. Each pansy in this piece has been painted individually on a 15 x 15cm square and was posted to a recipient somewhere in the world. The finished posie of 197 is the complete collection of all of these tiny paintings of faces. Masquerading in the final piece of 200, Úrsula has included three imposters, who have appropriated the pansy patterns to go unnoticed.
Final piece is 300cm x 150cm