Juan José Barboza-Gubo transformed a visit to the intimate Coolidge Corner gallery into an affective journey through the Peruvian jungle. Much of the work was sourced and created in Peru, including a boat the artist found along the Amazon River that lay the foundation of the exhibition centerpiece, Retorno (“Return”). Carved wooden branches and pigmented acrylic curled around the structure, and it felt mystical and sentient, like touching the sculpture could reveal age-old secrets...
