Alzueta Gallery is delighted to announce ‘Precisamente porque el rosa me incomoda’ (“Precisely Because Pink Makes Me Uncomfortable”), Violeta Maya’s (Madrid, 1993) first solo exhibition in Barcelona. The exhibition is the result of her time at the gallery’s residency space on the Costa Brava, where the artist has created a new series of paintings, ceramic sculptures, and a large central installation.

True to its title and consistent with Violeta’s body of work, this project is autobiographical. It emerges from the artist’s need to delve into and better understand her feminine identity—a journey she visually undertakes using a palette of new colors and forms, a more figurative and concise language. While her painting remains rooted in abstraction, this project marks a turning point, boldly incorporating more sinuous, cellular, organic, and fluid forms in transformation. With her painting, Maya calls for and traverses a world of curves and silhouettes that directly allude to the female body, both externally and internally. Thus, this exhibition is a crucial moment for reflecting on femininity, as well as the associations and stereotypes surrounding it.

13-12-2023 to 17-01-2024

Alzueta Gallery Barcelona Sèneca

C/ Sèneca 9-11, Int Bajos
08006 Barcelona

Tel: +34 93 238 97 50
info@alzuetagallery.com

Monday to Friday 09:00 – 14:00 / 16:00 – 19:00 and Saturday 11:00 – 14:00 / 16:00 – 19:00