Text by Javier Guijarro fayard, curator of the exhibition.
"Conversaciones y puñetazos" (Conversations and punches) is a
commitment to painting in the form of a laboratory by three artists
who once shared the Latolier studio (in the Usera neighbourhood
in Madrid, which has been in the midst of artistic ferment in recent
years).
Founded by Baptiste Laurent, it has become a centre for creation.
Laurent has taken a liking to this format. It is an action close to a
performance in which the relationship between the three artists
generates dynamics that move the works forward and create new
challenges.
We will see a mixture of themes as diverse as a battlefield, Greek
horses, Goya-inspired wrestling, a swing on a colourful field, large
butchers' knives on blue Portuguese mosaics, a fish on a plate
with two large arms emerging from the void, or a pink canopy in
the middle of a field with a mysterious female nude floating
upside down in the sky
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