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
Antonio González
T-10 Project
Each promise was just one promise more
With Each promise was just one promise more, Antonio González presents a series of 10 small-format works as part of our T-10 format. In this series, he deconstructs the act of painting, exploring repetition, construction, deconstruction, and movement.
“Antonio González invites a direct encounter with the materiality of painting, emphasizing experience and perceptual shifts. His work embraces pauses and fragments, appearing spontaneous yet carefully composed with a limited set of recurring elements. By repeating and insisting on these forms, he delves into the essence of painting itself. These quick, instinctive images do not shy away from imperfections but rather highlight the protrusions of the layered painting process, revealing the dynamic nature of image construction.”
— Antonio González. Cuando ver es perder.
David Barro
‘T-10’ brings together 10 small works, each contributing to a unique narrative, displayed on the ground floor of our Barcelona Sèneca gallery. The format pays homage to the iconic Barcelona metro ticket, which offered 10 journeys, reflecting a sense of movement and progression.
“As is often the case in Antonio González’s work, the process is stretched almost to the point of obsession, dissecting each variation of a movement one by one, breaking down the act of painting to such extremes that the result feels like a statistical achievement, creating a disconcerting sensation. These paintings on cardboard might be reminiscent of chess, where each move is studied step by step based on fixed patterns but always leaves room for surprise, for mistakes caused by fatigue. The implied lightness of the cardboard support mentally clashes with the sense of gravity in these small compositions, making it easy to imagine each one weighing as much as its size in lead. Antonio González’s Cardboard Paintings recall the weights of a circus strongman—seemingly unbearable, with a presence that affects everything around them. The act of holding them provokes a childlike grimace from the viewer. What matters is not discovering the trick but rather that, even knowing it’s a trick, it still works. In any case, I echo Teo Soriano’s words when he states that the point is to paint with honesty, even when what one creates may or may not be called painting.”
— Antonio González’s Cardboards.
Ángel Calvo Ulloa
From 13-01-2025 to 10-02-2025
