Last chance to see Esteban del Valle: thanks for all the conditional love
Esteban del Valle’s paintings transform quiet, personal moments such as sharing a meal or working at home into ecstatic aesthetic experiences. In his solo exhibition at LaMontagne Gallery, thanks for all the conditional love, extended through tomorrow, January 24, the artist addresses themes of exhaustion, alienation, and care through an autobiographical lens.
His ambitious large-scale paintings and smaller works on paper employ intense color, dynamic refraction, and details of daily detritus to address the absurdity of life within late stage capitalism. Surrounded by the waste of abundance, his characters stare into voids, searching for meaning.
Esteban del Valle, thanks for all the conditional love, 2025. Colored pencil, acryclic, graphite, spray paint on panel. 29 x 29 in. Courtesy the artist and LaMontagne Gallery
The show’s title piece thanks for all the conditional love, finds the artist sprawled on the ground, splayed out to the point of disintegration, being anointed by butterflies. Depleted by a system which demands only and always more, without relief or acknowledgement of the sacrifices required for survival in such a system, this work speaks especially to artists, but also to anyone fully awake to the ridiculousness of our contemporary (extractive, detached) reality.
Still, there is beauty, there is color and there is companionship. The artist asks us to acknowledge the absurdity but direct our light on what matters: relationships, nature, love.
Esteban del Valle, Sunny Side, 2025. Acrylic, pastel, spray paint on raw canvas. 46 x 46 in (116.84 x 116.84 cm). Courtesy the artist and LaMontagne Gallery
Don’t miss your last chance to see this extraordinary show of an artist whose star is on the rise.
Esteban del Valle
thanks for all the conditional love
LaMontagne Gallery, 450 Harrison Ave. #1, SOWA Boston
through Saturday, January 24, 2026.
Esteban del Valle, Gathering, 2025. Acrylic, pastel, spray paint on raw canvas. 56 x 42 in (142.24 x 106.68 cm). Image courtesy the artist and LaMontagne Gallery
Esteban del Valle, The Blue Studio (But I'm talking about the same kinda work, the same style, so people can recognize it and don't get confused, you know? Then once you're famous— airborne, you know—- you gotta keep doin' it in the same way... even after it's boring. Unless you want people to really get mad at you, which they will anyways), 2025. Ink and acrylic on paper. 30 x 22 in (76.2 x 55.88 cm). Image courtesy the artist and LaMontagne Gallery
Cover Image: Esteban del Valle, Nor any drop to drink, 2024. Acrylic, pastel, spray paint on raw canvas. 72 x 60 in (182.88 x 152.4 cm). Image courtesy the artist and LaMontagne Gallery.
