Imagine wandering through the mountains of Mexico, watching dandelions float by, and suddenly feeling like you’ve been dropped straight onto another planet. That exact otherworldly epiphany is what inspired artist Alexis Mata to create his mind-bending new exhibition, Lost Landing.
On display at Thinkspace Projects in Los Angeles, this collection is an absolute trip. Mata paints dreamy, candy-colored landscape scenes filled with towering cliffs, giant dandelions, and floating cacti. But here is the cool twist: he slices through these traditional vistas with long, pixelated streaks of paint that look exactly like digital glitches. It is a beautiful, surreal mashup of untouched nature and modern tech.
For Alexis Mata, these paintings are all about discovery and transformation. The humble dandelion takes center stage as a symbol of how ideas spread—floating through the air until they take root in someone’s mind. His energetic, sweeping brushstrokes keep everything in constant motion, making the environments feel alive, as if the canvas is actively mutating right in front of you. He beautifully captures the contrast between the fragility of nature and its powerful ability to adapt and grow.
If you love art that challenges your perception of reality, Lost Landing is a must-see. It invites us to slow down, look at the world around us with a sense of wonder, and appreciate the strange beauty of an expanding, sci-fi universe. It is the kind of candy-colored landscape you’ll want to get lost in for hours.
