Angela de la Cruz: stuck

Ángela de la Cruz (A Coruña, 1965) is one of the most prominent artists on the contemporary scene. Awarded the National Prize for Plastic Arts in 2017 and a finalist for the Turner Prize in 2010, her work has traced a singular artistic path that has influenced numerous current creators. Now, the Casal Solleric is hosting the exhibition 'Stuck', a selection of works from public and private collections that highlight the strength and impact of her work.

A painter, sculptor and performer, she studied Philosophy at the University of Santiago before moving to London in 1987, where she completed her training at Chelsea College of Art, Goldsmiths College and the Slade School of Art. Since her beginnings, de la Cruz has worked on the renewal of artistic language, freeing it from the framework and expanding it to merge with sculpture and the object.

'Nothing (pale yellow/yellow), Angela de la Cruz (2014)

Now, at Casal Solleric, the pieces are once again redefining the traditional limits of painting, becoming forced, tense, folded or destructured forms that explore new visual languages. The pictorial matter appears in tension, deformed and devastated, revealing a narrative of confrontation and blockage that is at the same time a metaphor for the creative process. Crushed canvases, folded frames and disfigured supports demonstrate the artist's dialogue with materials and space, creating a visceral art charged with both beauty and emotions. Ángela de la Cruz is recognized for the intensity of her work and it has been the radicality of her approach and her way of conceptualizing visual expression without losing formal appeal that have consolidated her as a prominent voice within the contemporary panorama.

The exhibition, open until April 7, invites you to discover up close how the artist transforms his work into a sensory and conceptual experience. At the same time, it is a profound reflection on how art becomes a space for interaction between the physical and the emotional, breaking barriers and exploring new forms of expression.

'Triple Box Cut (black)', Angela de la Cruz (2021)