Exhibitions
The other truth of Hector Francesch
Until November 6th, Héctor Francesch (A Coruña, 1977) presents his exhibition A outra verdade ('The Other Truth') at the Moret Art gallery in A Coruña (C. Uruguay, 1). A personal and ironic look at everyday reality, seasoned with his characteristic pictorial narrative.
With a solid career rooted in painting, her preferred field of exploration, Francesch has gradually ventured into other disciplines such as sculpture, installation, screen printing, graphic design, and illustration, developing an extensive body of work with a style that is both original and instantly recognizable. In fact, her work has been exhibited in various galleries and institutions in Barcelona, A Coruña, Madrid, Berlin, Lisbon, New York, and Adelaide.
In addition to his highly personal color palette, his impeccable technique, and the care and precision of his compositions—which he alternates with his wit and his proverbial irony—, Francesch's work is characterized by its own unique and unmistakable visual language: the objects he reproduces carry an undeniable symbolic charge.
A outra verdade stems from a thoughtful reflection on his capacity to construct and narrate his own truth, independent of veritas . Francesch asserts his freedom as a painter to choose "what to tell and from what perspective, or what reality to construct. I don't have to be objective. I express my point of view on a subject and decide how to tell it. I am free," he affirms. And, based on these premises, he articulates an alternative narrative, a magical world in which the dreamlike blends with recognizable elements, symbols, and a great deal of irony.
Some reflections
From this perspective, Francesch explores the tension between the known and the imagined. And indeed, he succeeds in reinterpreting reality from his unique creative universe, even transforming his scenes into testimonies of an era. Each of his works unveils a small microcosm with multiple references to Galicia and, above all, to his hometown, its spaces and customs. Through his playful eye, he transforms the everyday, turning familiar characters, objects, and situations into icons of a generation.
"They say that the history we know is a set of events that a narrator shapes from an objective point of view. If it is reasonable to think that subjectivity is something that is implicit in us, achieving pure objectivity when narrating the events that have taken place throughout history must not be an easy task…," he emphasizes.
"As human beings—that is, as minds that observe and think—we weave our own stories from experience, our points of view, and our desires." For Francesch, artistic practice is something similar: "Just as a blank sheet of paper is used to write down the facts recorded in books, painters have a canvas, a blank support as well, to tell a story."
But the artist has an advantage over the historian: "We don't have to be objective." The exhibition speaks of "that truth we want to see, whether capricious or magical, raw or comical." And that is Francesch's proposal: "A world in which elements or known facts of reality, let's say, 'official' reality, are mixed with the dreamlike and the fantastic, thus illuminating another truth: mine…," he adds.
With this exhibition, the Moret Art gallery once again supports contemporary Galician creation and the work of artists capable of building their own universes.
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