Nohra Haime Gallery is pleased to present Let me remember things I don’t know capturing the imagination, a spring exhibition of new paintings by Hugo Bastidas, on view from March 9 through April 4 in New York City. The exhibition brings together works that reflect on conditions we live with, social, historical, and psychological, that are present before us yet not fully understood. Rooted in the idea of recognizing what has unfolded “under our nose,” the paintings invite viewers to consider how awareness emerges through reflection, and how remembering can become a way of moving forward.

Across the exhibition, Bastidas constructs images that suggest situations whose meanings are felt but not entirely resolved. Repetition, stillness, and carefully structured compositions evoke the sense that what we see carries histories and implications beyond immediate appearances. Collectively, the works elicit a sustained reflection on the ways in which we perceive, overlook, and come to understand the forces that shape our shared experience.

In Haul, the artist draws on the removal of Theodore Roosevelt’s statue from the American Museum of Natural History as a point of departure to reflect on the ongoing process of reckoning with historical narratives and the weight of inherited representations. In Clown and Puppets, the presence of a central figure surrounded by repeated puppet forms suggests a condition that is recognizable yet difficult to fully articulate, prompting questions about agency, repetition, and the roles we inhabit. Together with the other works in the exhibition, these paintings invite viewers into a space of inquiry, where each image opens onto broader considerations of memory and perception.

Throughout the exhibition, Bastidas returns to a central premise: that many realities unfold in plain sight without being fully recognized. By bringing attention to these conditions, the paintings propose remembering as an active gesture, one that acknowledges what has been overlooked and invites a deeper engagement with the present. In doing so, Let Me Remember Things I Don’t Know (Capturing the Imagination) offers a space for reflection where viewers are encouraged not only to look, but to reconsider what it means to see, to remember, and to remain attentive to the subtle forces shaping our shared experience.