Juan Sili\u00f3 Gallery presents the first exhibition at the gallery by Irma \u00c1lvarez-Laviada. In her first solo show in Madrid, the artist focuses on the creative process, pausing to consider how ideas transition through an array of circular forms.<\/p>\n
In her work, \u00c1lvarez-Laviada undertakes a study of painting by dissecting and analyzing essential yet often overlooked or tangential elements such as materials, primary colors, and basic geometric shapes. On this occasion, she works with the aim of giving thought a form that defines creative processes. The circle (or circumference), considered the most perfect shape, represents\u2014with all its conceptual variations\u2014the complexity involved in something seemingly as simple as transitioning from one idea to another, just as one moves from a concave curve to a convex one.<\/p>\n
The exhibition features the collaboration of the ConTRoL Collective (Mario Manso and Daniela J\u00e1ndula), students of Irma \u00c1lvarez-Laviada at UCM, whose project TAL POR TAL<\/em> reflects on the circle as a portal to other realities, which in this case connects different generations.<\/p>\n The career of artist Irma \u00c1lvarez-Laviada (Gij\u00f3n, 1978) can be situated within the field of expanded painting, in an attempt to radically question all that refers to the structural elements of painting in its self-referential nature as a medium. In this way, the painting becomes an autonomous entity, whose flat surface refers only to itself, thereby surpassing any notion of representation or the illusion of depth.<\/p>\n She has received numerous grants, including the Visual Arts Grant from the Fundaci\u00f3n Bot\u00edn, and artist residencies at Cit\u00e9 des Arts in Paris and the Academy of Spain in Rome. Her work has been showcased at international art fairs such as MACO, Liste, Photo Miami, CIRCA, ARCO, and Estampa, among others. She has also exhibited in institutions including Fundaci\u00f3n Cerezales Antonino y Cinia (Le\u00f3n) and Fundaci\u00f3n RAC (Pontevedra). Her work is part of major collections such as the European Parliament, AECID, Pilar Citoler Collection, Mariano Yera Collection, Spanish Ministry of Culture, Fundaci\u00f3n Antonio Gala, the Galila Barzilai Collection (Brussels), and the Berezdivin Collection (Puerto Rico). Most recently, she held a solo exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Irma \u00c1lvarez-Laviada<\/strong><\/p>\n 24.05.25 – 19.07.25<\/p>\n Opening Saturday 24 may, 11 \u2013 14.30 h.<\/p>\n Galer\u00eda Juan Sili\u00f3 Horario: Saturday,
\nC\/ Dr. Fourquet, 20, 28012. Madrid.<\/p>\n
\nTuesday \u2013 Friday,
\n11:00 \u2013 19:00 h.<\/p>\n
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