Victor Lope Arte Contemporáneo

Victor Lope Arte Contemporáneo is an art gallery founded in Barcelona in 2009. Its mission is to launch and consolidate the careers of emerging and mid-career artists who have a unique contemporary art approach, in order to deliver this value globally and consolidate it in the European and international art market.

Located in the gallery area of Barcelona, Victor Lope Arte Contemporáneo organizes between 8 and 10 exhibitions a year, some of which are curated by expert curators, and participates in several international fairs.

Represented artists:

Dirk Salz, Carsten Beck, Concha Martínez Barreto, Clara Adolphs, Malgosia Jankowska, Jacinto Moros, David Dellagi, Juan de la Rica, Franco Fasoli, Cesc Abad, Michael Craik, Patrik Grijalvo, Jo Hummel, Damien Cifelli, Leo Dorfner, Beate Höing, Ricardo Nannini, Javier Ruiz, Mario Dilitz

Referencing anonymous found photographs, Clara´s work explores the notion of time and memory. The artist is fascinated by the question of what remains after a moment has passed, constantly trawling for images and photographs that speak to her. She finds them in bulk online or from deceased estates, usually discarded – she thinks that’s because people are unwilling to destroy them. She likes the idea that these moments in time, that are long-forgotten, receive a new life in front of an audience. There is something familiar in these images. They have a universal quality, as though these people are known to her.

Adolphs paints quickly, sometimes making multiple paintings of the same image, attempting to recreate the life of the photograph. Through this process, the life of the recorded moment has been restored, and in a way, still exists. This is what interests her the most. What is the truer evidence of time, the photograph or the painting?