Madonna, 2024
Alberto Ramirez LEG  

Painting : acrylic · 160 x 140 x 3 cm 63 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch · Ready to hang

€5,650 5 650 €

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Painting : Unique artwork

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160 x 140 x 3 cm 63 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch Height x Width x Depth

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Description

A single figure emerges against a dark, undefined background. The face is partially obscured, softened by shadow, while areas of light pull forward through the surface, revealing just enough to hold the gaze.

The composition is stripped back. There is no setting to lean on, only the presence of the figure itself. Layers of material build the surface, giving it weight and texture, while parts of the image seem to dissolve at the edges.

Ramirez works with contrast in a different way here. Light is not descriptive but selective, revealing fragments rather than the whole. The darker areas absorb the image, creating a tension between what is shown and what is withheld.

His process often moves between control and release, allowing the materials to shape the final result. The surface carries traces of this, where structure meets something more instinctive.

The result is a work that feels inward and unresolved. Not a portrait in the traditional sense, but a presence. Quiet, heavy, and difficult to fully grasp.

Alberto Ramirez LEG, Madonna
Spain  • 1979

Presentation

Alberto Ramirez LEG (b. Madrid, Spain) is a Berlin-based painter specialising in large-scale portrait work that sits at the intersection of fine art and popular culture. Drawing on a lifelong fascination with the human face as a carrier of meaning, Ramirez has spent his career decoding what he calls "a silent language that needs to be heard" — the unspoken stories written into the features of the figures who define our era.

His subjects are the cultural mythologies of the 21st century: musicians, athletes, actors and icons elevated to the status of modern gods. Works such as his portraits of Prince, Freddie Mercury, Bruce Springsteen and Johan Cruyff do not merely capture likeness — they interrogate the mechanisms of fame, identity and the shifting values of contemporary Western society.

The LEG project, born through a collaboration with childhood friend and fellow artist David Partida, expanded Ramirez's practice and brought his work to international attention. He has exhibited across Europe, China and Latin America, with solo shows at institutions including Moderna Museet Malmö, 1503 Museum of Art Beijing and repeated exhibitions at Galleri Scandinavia in Gothenburg and Stockholm.

Ramirez's paintings hold a rare double appeal: intellectually grounded in questions of anonymity and cultural mythology, yet immediately accessible through their iconic subjects. His work is collected internationally and continues to be shown at leading galleries and art fairs.

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