Lluís Lleó inherited his fascination for the Romanesque paintings of the Vall de Boí from his grandfather and father. This interest in traditional techniques comes through in his work, for which he uses the fresco technique by applying pigment in its pure state. His most recent works are characterised by the union between sculpture and painting, halfway between figurative and abstract. Lleó can perfectly combine paint and raised relief work, conferring an almost-architectonic nuance to the ensemble. This sort of pictorial-spatial organicism, in which the material sprouts from the canvas, conveys dichotomies such as lyricism-forcefulness, presence-transparency and order-chaos.

This exhibition ―the first one to be held in a Spanish museum since the artist’s return from New York, where he lived for several decades― shows his works from recent years, plus half a dozen of previous works that are considered fundamental. The selection includes pictures and drawings in different mediums; large, naked papers floating in the courtyards; and circular sculptures and structures which partake in a dialogue with the ground floor and the panoptic spaces.

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