SASHO BLAZES- TRAPPED IN THE NETS
Reception for the Artist on Tuesday, November 3rd from 6 to 8 pm
GALLERY MC New York
545 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019, USA
November 3 – 10, 2026
Opening: November 3rd, 6 – 8pm
Gallery hours: Monday–Friday, 10 am–5 pm | Evenings and Weekends by Appointment Only Curated in collaboration with Ivanco Talevski
About the exhibition
Trapped in the Nets presents a new body of work by Ohrid-based Macedonian artist Sasho Blazes, bringing together large-scale paintings on synthetic tarpaulin alongside works on aluminum incorporating resin and mesh.
Rooted in a retreat from constant technological stimuli between 2019 and 2022, Blazes turned toward the waters of Lake Ohrid—not merely as a motif, but as a guiding logic for both thought and material, using submersion as a metaphor for altered perception and understanding. His studio process mirrors this act of immersion: he folds, scrapes, and peels back layers of paint, allowing the raw, industrial weight of synthetic tarpaulin, folded mesh, and aluminum to dictate where color settles and where it bleeds away.
He builds up surfaces only to distress and erode them, deliberately pushing each painting to the brink of collapse to see what remains. Through continuous layering and partial erasure, forms dissolve into ghostly traces—much like physical traces of lived experience that fade without ever fully disappearing. Extending beyond the flat wall, these works wrap around architectural structures to engage with the shifting light of the space, each piece carrying a buried history where hidden, eroded layers actively shape everything left on the surface.
Ivanco Talevski
About the artist
Sasho Blazes is a Macedonian visual artist based in Ohrid, working across painting, object and installation. Using oil, resin, tarpaulin, aluminium and mesh, his practice explores perception, material memory and the boundaries between painting and physical space.
Contact:
www.sashoblazes.com Instagram: @sashoblazes
Gallery MC info@gallerymc.org 212.581.1966 | gallerymc.org
His exhibitions include Galeria Simeza, Bucharest (2026); Museum of the City of Skopje (2025); Blue Gallery, Venice (2024); Abstract Project Gallery, Paris (2024); Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2023); Stross Gallery, Graz (2023); and the National Gallery of North Macedonia (2022). Other international highlights include Parts Unknown Art Space, China (2026), the 53rd Premio Suzzara, Italy (2026), and a Special Mention at the COMEL Art Prize (2024).
