The real monument is your mind / —the unclimbable mountain / and every day is a mountain to climb / Nature’s symphonies, syntheses / Intricacies, epiphanies / Profound consistency / Unpredictably contradictory, 2026

Words & Paintings brings together the titles of the eight works in Andrew Agutos's solo exhibition as a single poem, arranged in the sequence in which the paintings appear throughout the gallery. Written as individual stanzas, the titles form a continuous text when read together, creating a parallel work within the paintings.

The real monument is your mind
—the unclimbable mountain
and every day is a mountain to climb
Nature’s symphonies, syntheses
Intricacies, epiphanies
Profound consistency
Unpredictably contradictory

• Acrylic on unstretched canvas
• 400 x 183 cm
• Signed and dated verso
• Painted in London, United Kingdom