WHO
Javier León Pérez

WHAT
The first solo exhibition of the Spanish artist (b. 1977) features a series of oil paintings representing a culmination of diverse artistic expressions through the interplay of spaces, lights and shadows. The artist’s creative process begins with the reference of paper models, offering a contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional pictorial genre of ‘still life’, capturing daily common objects that provoke a philosophical contemplation about existentialism across different eras.

WHY
The artist’s artistic approach is inspired by Buddhist philosophy and Zen principles, which led him to contemplate the ephemeral nature of existence. ‘Geometry’ and ‘Light, the two hallmarks of Pérez’s new series, not only serve as the pictorial structure and inherent order of the universe but also symbolise the artist’s metaphorical and aesthetic form of self-construction, known as the ‘archetype of creation’.