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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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