Jorge Tellaeche paints transformation as geometry. Working in acrylic and watercolour from Mexico City, he builds bold, structured abstractions threaded with Aztec motif and symbol — dreamlike fields of organic form and layered colour that hold a very precise idea underneath the exuberance. His two central series say it plainly. Perdiendo la forma means “losing the form.” Open the Door is what comes after.
Losing the Form
The Perdiendo la forma paintings are about instability held deliberately in place. A shape begins to organise itself and then declines to finish; edges soften, structure gives way, and what is left is the moment before something resolves. Tellaeche is not painting chaos — the compositions are tightly ordered — he is painting the interval in which a form is still deciding what it will be.
The three originals in the series (1, 2 and 3, USD 1,400 each) are best understood together, as three readings of the same problem. Each also exists as a signed limited-edition print at USD 250, which makes this an unusually easy series to begin following before committing to an original.
Opening the Door
Where Perdiendo la forma dwells in dissolution, the Open the Door paintings turn toward passage. Open The Door 1 and 3 (30 × 25 cm, USD 1,540) and Open The Door 2 (USD 1,400) are small, concentrated works in which the geometry stops resisting and starts admitting something through. The scale is deliberate: these are paintings that ask to be looked at closely rather than across a room.
At the other end, Open Your Eyes (80 × 80 cm, USD 3,685) and Let It Work (80 × 60 cm, USD 2,970) give the same vocabulary room to operate at full strength. The titles across his work read as instructions to the viewer as much as to himself — stand strong, let it work, float away — a quiet insistence that letting go is something you do on purpose.
Aztec Symbol Without Nostalgia
Tellaeche's use of Aztec motif is the part most easily misread. He is not quoting heritage decoratively or staging a revival. The symbols function structurally — as geometry with a memory attached — which lets the paintings sit inside a Mexican visual lineage while remaining unmistakably contemporary. It is one of the reasons his work travels: the reference is legible to a collector in Mexico City and formally satisfying to one who has never seen it before.
The watercolours are where this reads most lightly. Float Away and Melt Away (34 × 24 cm framed, USD 1,100) carry the same symbolic language in a medium that cannot be corrected, which suits an artist whose subject is the loss of fixed form.
Where Should a New Collector Start?
Tellaeche's catalogue is unusually well structured for a new collector, because the same enquiry runs from USD 250 to USD 3,685 without changing character. A print from Perdiendo la forma, a small Open the Door canvas, and Open Your Eyes are the same artist thinking the same thought at three levels of commitment.
Every price is published on the work itself — no “price on request,” no need to ask before you know whether something is in reach. Art of NOMA is an online gallery, which means there is no room to walk into and no one hovering while you decide; you can sit with a painting for three weeks and then ask a question, and the answer comes from the people who actually placed the work.
Common Questions About Jorge Tellaeche
Who is Jorge Tellaeche?
Jorge Tellaeche is a Mexican contemporary artist based in Mexico City, represented by Art of NOMA. He works in acrylic and watercolour, building bold geometric abstractions threaded with Aztec motif and symbol, and is known for the Perdiendo la forma and Open the Door series exploring instability, transition, and letting go.
What medium does Jorge Tellaeche work in?
Primarily acrylic on canvas, alongside a body of watercolour works on paper. The acrylic paintings range from small 30 × 25 cm panels up to 130 × 100 cm; the watercolours are typically 34 × 24 cm and supplied framed.
How much does a Jorge Tellaeche painting cost?
Available originals currently run from about USD 1,000 to USD 3,685 depending on scale and medium, with signed limited-edition prints from the Perdiendo la forma series at USD 250. Every price is shown on the work; nothing is listed as price on request.
Where can I buy original Jorge Tellaeche art?
Original paintings, watercolours and limited-edition prints by Jorge Tellaeche are available directly from Art of NOMA, with insured worldwide shipping and a certificate of authenticity on every piece. Browse the available works on his artist collection page.
What does “Perdiendo la forma” mean?
It translates as “losing the form.” The series takes dissolution as its subject — the moment a shape begins to give way before it resolves into something else — and treats that instability as a deliberate compositional state rather than an accident.
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