Editorial Forge Exhibitions Exhibition catalogue 2026-07-01

Evaporation IV: Tide Line

Rosa Mendoza

Oil on linen, 28 × 35 cm

The smallest work in the exhibition and, for many viewers, the most devastating. Mendoza spent six months observing the same stretch of beach in Oaxaca, painting only what remained after the tide receded.
Small oil painting of a faint tide line on wet sand, muted browns and greys
Small oil painting of a faint tide line on wet sand, muted browns and greys
Evaporation IV: Tide Line