Location: 2277 Monitor Street, Dallas, Texas, 75203
Galleri Urbane: ‘Afterglow’
November 14th – December 26th, 2026
Opening Reception: November 14th, 5 - 7:00 p.m.
Galleri Urbane is pleased to announce Afterglow, a solo exhibition by Hungarian painter Aron Barath. This is the artist’s second solo show with the gallery, following his debut exhibition, Color is the Dope, in 2023. Known for his abstract brushstroke paintings, his latest
body of work emphasizes a vibrant palette of shifting translucencies.
Afterglow opens with bold gestures. Massive brushstrokes pool and stretch across each canvas, pulling the viewer in at once. Up close, the texture takes over: ridges and hollows of paint seem to hover against gravity, as if they might break open and spill. Barath
builds each surface in layers, and each layer adds to the cascade, the push and pull of the painting, of the brushstroke, of the artist.
Barath interweaves color to create layers of compression and diffusion, and his surfaces tend to settle into three distinct planes. His technique moves between splatter, gradient, flat color, and sweeping brushwork. Each change in color and handling pushes the layers further apart and deepens the space: flecks of orange scattered against black give way to broad strokes that open up the gaps between colors and sharpen their optical play.
When we look at intense color, the eye holds onto it. Afterimages linger on the retina, overlaying whatever we see next. Afterglow takes its title from this phenomenon. The vibrancy of Barath’s paintings carries from one canvas to the next, and the exhibition becomes kaleidoscopic. As viewers move through the gallery, each painting colors their view of the one that follows. The color relationships Barath explores in each work are shaped by the viewer’s own path through the show, creating new associations along the way.
Translucency lets light pass through the acrylic, so colors seep into one another and background and foreground seem lit from within. This exchange of light reinforces the color relationships at the heart of the series. Luminosity shifts the hues and seems to carry the
brushstrokes beyond the edge of the canvas.
Afterglow will be on view at Galleri Urbane from November 14 through December 23, 2026. Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, November 14, from 5–7 pm.
