Visual autobiography of an absence
... all art tends towards an absence of limits in limited conditions of creation.
Gao Xinjian
Seated placidly facing the two most recent and only self-portraits by Romà Vallès, I am trying to understand his experience to see if it fits my choice: starting with some works that synthesize his artistic career and his life, because far from the topic that the genre could evoke, in this case the self-portrait and his approach take a 180° about-turn. As I observe, words come to mind and the space and the painting merge, the textures help us to gain access not only to the matter but also to the richness of an alive world. And the...