Online exhibition - "On Landscape" - October 10 to December 31 - 2026 -

Click on More info to see the exhibition and the video

The title On Landscape deliberately invokes a long tradition of landscape representation, from the pastoral idealisations of the seventeenth century to contemporary ecological practices that understand landscape as a cultural and political construct rather than a neutral view. Within this lineage, Mujal approaches landscape not as scenery, but as a living territory shaped by human labour, environmental processes, and the passage of time.

In Rosa Mujal's work, landscape is not simply a view or a genre of painting, but a cultural construct shaped by labour, agriculture, memory, and environmental change.

Her paintings depict a landscape formed through generations of agricultural knowledge and stewardship. Rendered in vibrant greens, cultivated fields and mountain pastures embody both vitality and fragility. Colour becomes a repository of memory, evoking the persistence of rural practices while revealing the vulnerability of landscapes increasingly threatened by abandonment and transformation. In this sense, the works extend the historical tradition of landscape painting beyond aesthetic contemplation towards ecological reflection and cultural testimony.

In dialogue with these expansive views, the botanical works from the series La Résistance focus on resilient herbaceous species that thrive within disturbed and transitional environments. Senecio inaequidens (Cape Ragwort), Artemisia vulgaris (Common Mugwort), Medicago(Lucerne), and Hypochaeris radicata (Cat's-ear) emerge in delicate green against a black setting, meticulously observed and individually identified. Echoing the tradition of scientific and botanical illustration, these paintings transform overlooked plants into subjects of attention, resilience, and care.

The stark contrast between the luminous greens and the dark background lends the composition a quiet intensity, emphasising the endurance and adaptability of these humble species while evoking the precision and sensitivity of classical botanical illustration.

Far from being merely botanical studies, these seemingly ordinary plants become carriers of memory and cultural knowledge. Associated with culinary traditions, medicinal practices, and seasonal rituals, they embody forms of ancestral wisdom that have long connected communities to the land. In this sense, the work resonates with Rosa’s sustained engagement with botanical art while responding to the concerns articulated by Mujal, who describes “a country … losing its cultural roots, ancestral know-how, and the rituals tied to seasonal cycles and harvests.” Through these resilient plants, the artist offers a quiet act of resistance, preserving and honouring forms of knowledge that risk disappearing in an increasingly disconnected world.

While rooted in the specific geography of Andorra, Mujal's work addresses a universal condition: the gradual disappearance of agricultural landscapes and the erosion of the cultural knowledge embedded within them. Through the interplay of landscape and botanical representation, On Landscape invites viewers to reconsider the relationship between people, land, and memory, and to reflect on what endures when cultivated worlds begin to change.