Living with unresolved questions can be disconcerting, especially during periods of great uncertainty, when life as we know it seems to become upended. Sometimes, a negative answer may offer some form of respite. A succinct sound with the power to contradict an idea or refuse consent, the word no was what Verónica Madanes chose to be the title of her recent exhibition of new paintings. The first-ever solo show presented at the artist-run space Fantazia, “No” captured the haziness and distress caused by the unpredictability of life over the past two years.

Born in 1989, Madanes is an artist ridden,