La Sombra Azul

Come and discover La Sombra Azul, a live, performative installation by Cristina Reyes transforming The Smallest Gallery in Soho into an urban sanctuary through ritual and live painting. About The Smallest Gallery in Soho is delighted to present ‘La Sombra Azul’ a new installation by Spanish artist Cristina Reyes. La Sombra Azul is a site-responsive installation that transforms the gallery into a quiet sanctuary amid London’s movement. Operating between two and three dimensions, this hybrid mural- sculpture acts as a playful totem bridging realms as an urban guardian. The work explores our ancient impulse to express what rational language cannot through symbolic figures. Painted live in a performative ritual where the artist temporarily merges with the space, the installation brings an active protective presence into being rather than a static object. As the debut project in Reyes’s Guardianes series, it offers a moment of pause and curiosity, reimagining ritual and myth within modern urban life. The work will be produced in the gallery from 1 to 11 November, with the artist creating the work live and incorporating her own body into the process, as if she were part of the artwork itself. The work becomes a performance and the performance becomes part of the work, bringing the guardian to life through action. Read more Toggle Painting Sculpture Performance / Live Art Multi-disciplinary Installation