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Mr. Montano incorporates a delightful tension between the   the unfamiliar, there is a capricious air to the subject
            sterility of technology and the organic landscapes of foreign   matter portrayed, such as his curious machines which could
            planets: Steel machines are juxtaposed against shifting sands   represent anthropomorphized droids reminiscent of jovial
            and marbleized backgrounds representing the separation   characters in sci-fi movies. By witnessing Mr. Montano’s artwork
            between the physical and the optical. As though to relieve   the viewer is transported to another dimension where one may
            the viewer of the unsettling sensations accompanied with   marvel at the magic of the celestial, observe the universe as it
                                                                   reinvents itself over and over again, and wonder at a world which is

             Virtual reality Valles Marineris. Mars, 2011 Digital Print 13x18 in. | 33x45 cm.  yet to come. (Ruthie Tucker, Executive Director-Curator, Amsterdam
             Thomas De Aquinas, Town of morals. Mars, 2018 Digital Print 33x45 cm.   Whitney Gallery, Chelsea, New York City.
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