Exhibitions
Thomas Houseago takes over Madrid: sculptures burst into the gardens of Banca March
The gardens of Banca March's Madrid headquarters have reopened to the public with a major art exhibition dedicated to British sculptor Thomas Houseago, one of the most influential names in contemporary international sculpture. The exhibition will run from May 1st to October 31st and is part of the bank's centenary celebrations.
For the first time in Spain, Houseago's monumental universe arrives in Madrid with a selection of seven sculptures installed outdoors in the institution's gardens. His pieces, with their robust and almost ancestral appearance, engage with the space through a powerful tension between fragility and strength, humanity and myth.
Courtesy of the artist, Banca March and Xavier Hufkens Gallery. © Photography: Pablo Gómez-Ogando.
Born in Leeds in 1972 and trained in the UK and Amsterdam, Thomas Houseago has developed a sculptural language recognizable for its large-scale figures, incomplete bodies, and totemic-looking faces. His works, crafted from materials such as plaster, bronze, wood, and iron, draw on classical tradition, tribal art, and modern expressionism. Echoes of Picasso, Giacometti, and Rodin coexist within them, always imbued with a profoundly contemporary sensibility.
The exhibition transforms the Banca March gardens into a sculptural journey of powerful visual and emotional impact. The pieces resemble silent guardians: primitive, almost warrior-like figures that convey both vulnerability and power. Houseago works with the material, leaving visible traces of the creative process, a characteristic that imbues his sculptures with an intense and profoundly human physical presence.
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