With Quercus suber, Patrick Loste presents a collection of recent works in which figure and landscape emerge from a material in constant transformation. Trees, horsemen, landscapes — forms appear, dissolve, and reappear within a dense painting shaped by layers and erasures. As if eroded, they inhabit the canvas rather than impose themselves upon it. In Loste’s work, man and nature merge. The rider becomes a trunk, the silhouette blends into the organic mass, in a tension where the idea of struggle surfaces — an inner, almost archaic battle. The title — Quercus suber, the cork oak — evokes a bark, a living surface that the artist explores with intensity. Painting becomes a territory where memory, gesture, and matter intertwine. The exhibition unfolds across a wide range of formats, from monumental tarpaulins to more intimate pieces.
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