Exhibitions
Inhabiting the ship, revealing the soul: the art of Lluís Ventós at the Sala Parés
A new exhibition by the Barcelona artist can be visited until November 29th.
Painting and sculpture go hand in hand in the creative universe of Lluís Ventós, an artist who has been weaving his work for years, drawing inspiration from the shapes and colors of art and popular culture —both his own and others—, as well as from the mysteries and stories of the maritime world and navigation. Each of his pieces seems to be a bridge between tradition and imagination, between land and sea, inviting the viewer to explore visual landscapes and emotions that sail beyond what is visible to the naked eye.
Lluís Ventós. Young Dolores. Acacia wood.
From October 30 to November 29, he will exhibit Mascarons at the Sala Parés in Barcelona, a space where he has exhibited since 1998. Passionate about materials —from woods of various origins to granite, marble or bronze—, Lluís Ventós knows how to reveal their purest and most essential beauty. His clean and sober aesthetic is reflected in compositions that seek perfect balance, where geometric shapes stretch towards abstraction, giving his paintings a serene and measured harmony.
Ignasi de Planell writes about the exhibition: “He has returned to the ships that have crossed him and those that he has crossed. He has put wood, iron and intuition where others would only see a boat. And he has turned twenty-six boats into twenty-one maskers. But, be careful, here it is not about representing any ship. It is about inhabiting it, making it speak. Each masker is a fragment of life; a sculptural confession; a story that unfolds like a sail. They are pieces that are born from touch, memory and love. Love for the sea, its people and a way of living that is also a way of resisting. Because, in reality, the exhibition is not a series of isolated objects, but a single sculpture made of twenty-six pieces. reformulate”.
Lluís Ventós Koyduk-s. iron
Lluís Ventós is an artist who weaves a bridge between abstraction and contemporary sculpture, exploring with delicate intuition the symbols and material essences. His work flows between painting and sculpture, transforming wood, metal, glass or stone into forms that speak both of popular culture and of the most primitive roots of our collective memory. Each of his pieces invites the viewer to lose themselves in the subtle play of form, volume and matter, awakening perception and suggesting hidden stories that inhabit the symbology of matter.
