Alzueta Gallery Barcelona Sèneca
The main goal of Alzueta Gallery is to represent the time in which it lives. To be the creative reflection that unites the will, the works and the desires, of the contemporary creators that it represents. Young, emerging and consolidated artists, Spanish and foreign artists, all of them united by one criteria, the eye of an aesthetic that tries to transgress the first and subtle layer of the form, to reach deeper places, where the ethic is the main purpose of art.
With an international vocation, Alzueta Gallery is present on all five continents, through Art Fairs, Collectors, Art Advisors, Digital platforms, and more, all this in order to make the gallery and its ethics to reach from Barcelona as many viewers as possible.
Alzueta Gallery is committed to modernity, to radicalism, to transformation, to ideas and to the politics of change, to everything that, from art, can improve people’s lives.
The gallery also presents its projects in the Palau de Casavells, a space of its own in the heart of the Empordà countryside, in a 16th century farmhouse, an unusual setting for its contemporary proposals.
Along with the gallery spaces, it has also launched an artist residency programme to support the creativity and the work of the contemporary artists of our time.
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
Current exhibitions
Xevi Solà
T-10 Project
In this compelling series, Xevi Solà captures the struggle of boxing as a dance—an exploration of anatomy in motion and raw, authentic emotions.
‘T-10’ features 10 small-format works that present a special narrative, on display at the ground floor of Barcelona Sèneca. An homage to the iconic Barcelona metro ticket that includes 10 journeys.
From 18-11-2024 to 16-12-2024
Current exhibitions
Maria Yelletisch
Safe Haven
“DARKNESS, WITH THE PURITY OF THE COLOR NIGHT, WHICH THERE IS BLACK. YOU ARE IN GREEN AND YOU GO TO STRONG BLUE… AND THERE THE NIGHT IS BLACK.” M. Yelletisch
Alzueta Gallery opens “Safe Haven”, the second solo exhibition by Maria Yelletisch (Barcelona, 1987) at the gallery. The exhibition features a selection of recent works on canvas alongside a sculptural installation.
The exhibition’s title —”Safe Haven”— refers to a special place: a small cabin in Asturias where Maria spends extended periods with her family. This secluded, modest house, filled with flowers and surrounded by greenery near the river, serves as a safe haven for her—a source of deep happiness and introspection.
We could say the cabin and its valley are the main characters of this exhibition. During her frequent stays, Maria has absorbed the essence of its nights, green fields, and hydrangeas, making these landscapes a part of herself, integral to her identity and growth. These deeply rooted experiences, cultivated over time in her mind and body, have now found an outlet in this project. In “Safe Haven”, these significant memories blend seamlessly with her other great strength: the language of painting and the power of visual expression. Each piece in the exhibition recreates this place—its imprint, its unique emotions—manifested through her swift brushstrokes and refined visual prism. In Maria’s words, each work can be thought of as a “color chart” to this cabin and its landscapes, as though painting could preserve, hold onto, or protect a place over time.
The exhibition offers a visual experience that immerses visitors in the Asturian setting, using colors that capture the local atmosphere. The soft light and ambient humidity filter through the paintings, enhancing the organic character of the cabin and its surroundings—a refuge where aesthetic perfection coexists with the inevitable presence of the unexpected and the imperfect.
In a way, each painting by Maria serves as two works at once: abstract in style and general in theme (landscape, perhaps), while also deeply infused with memories, feelings, and profoundly subjective resonances. These factors lend each piece a private, intimate, and almost untranslatable character. The concept of comfort operates as a pivotal point, a meeting place for seemingly opposing concepts like natural versus technological, formal versus emotional, public versus private, intimate versus external. Safe Haven is a project that, through painting, finds itself in the delicate in-between that both separates and unites these dualities.
The exhibition also includes an immersive installation. In this piece Yelletisch combines painting and installation to present an intervened greenhouse, embraced by four large paper arms and hands. The concept of “home” permeates the exhibition: every painting, every hill, and every sky is a view from within.
In this project, Maria revisits her search for solace and security from multiple perspectives, extending this inquiry to her own artistic practice. Is this not what every artist does—employing a different language to think beyond words, creating to address difficult questions? In this case: Can a painting, by its mere presence, offer itself as a refuge or as a device for care? Do these paintings suggest that Maria has spent much more time contemplating the potential of painting itself than the landscapes that inspired it? It is as if she poses this question to her medium and invites us to explore it with her.
Sofía Corrales Akerman
From 07-11-2024 to 03-12-2024
