galeria SENDA

Founded in 1991 in Barcelona, SENDA has offered a prestigious programme of exhibitions to the city and its international audience for decades. Today it represents 26 local and international artists, some of whom have been part of the gallery since its beginnings, such as Peter Halley and Karin Kneffel. Since then, SENDA has aimed to establish a dialogue between established artists and new generations of creatives and has established collaborations with art professionals and institutions all over the world.

Represented artists:

AES+F, Stephan Balkenhol, Roger Ballen, Jordi Bernadó, José Pedro Croft, Elena Del Rivero, Iran Espirito Santo, Anthony Goicolea, Peter Halley, Yago Hortal, Karin Kneffel, Ola Kolehmainen, Glenda León, Anna Malagrida, Robert Mapplethorpe, Miralda, Túlio Pinto, Jaume Plensa, Gino Rubert, Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Evru Zush.

Colaboraciones:
Adrián Balseca, Xavi Bou, Carla Cascales Alimbau, Joaquim Chancho, Martín Chirino, James Clar, Jorge Ferré, Taj Forer, Michael J. Grey, Gonzalo Guzmán, Mina Hamada, Jane Hammond, Catalina Jaramillo, Miguel Ángel Madrigal, Aitor Ortiz, Alexis Rockman, Eve Sussman & Rufus Corp., Francis Ruyter, Donald Sultan, Estefanía Urrutia, Massimo Vitali, Gao Xingjian

'PRELUDIO' follows the line begun with the Vestigio series, in which the artist Aryz – Octavi Arrizabalaga (Palo Alto, 1988) engages in a dialogue with some of the creators who have influenced his career. On this occasion, he presents a series of large-format oil paintings conceived as small visual dialogues with the great masters of painting. Each work is a tribute to the classical pictorial tradition and some of its fundamental themes.

From a contemporary perspective, Aryz acknowledges the legacy of traditional painting and reivindicates the painter’s craft as a legitimate means of expression and cultural transmission. 'PRELUDIO' is essentially configured as a bridge between past and present: a deliberate return to pictorial tradition that functions as an introduction or opening to a more experimental artistic proposal yet to be revealed.