Descripción de la Exposición
The Way You Move
With Manuel O. Leyva and Remy Uno
Curated by Valentina Casacchia
From January 21st starting at 6pm to January 31st @ ESPRONCEDA, Center for Art and Culture.
The Way You Move opens the scene of those little ordinary shades that every day we all live in between actions and thoughts. Perhaps ashamed to declare it out loud, the protagonists of this work are slightly satisfied to be watched, inside and outside their daily events.
Both fascinated by seduction either as a formal language or a state of mind, Manuel O. Leyva and Remy Uno are at their first encounter. Despite developing their own discourse they both serve the medium of painting with the same overwhelming passion.
Conceived as a conversation between their two different perspectives of research, the exhibition is the result of a ten days residency at the space of Espronceda.
Manuel O. Leyva
Born in Madrid in 1983. He paints and draws since the age of 8 years. He has exhibited in Gand, Bruges and Miami as well as in Italy. He worked as illustrator for newspapers and theatre companies along with big public commission. Currently working in Finland, he develops an action painting language interlaced with dynamic colors.
Remy Uno
Born in Marseille in 1978. Remy Uno’s art practice began with graffiti at the end of the 1990’s in Marseille, France. During 2002, he created the collective Lartmada with friends and for the decade or so since, has been invited to paint and exhibit in many parts of the world including Sao Paulo, New York, Caracas, Moscow, London, Johannesburg, Mexico and Yaoundé.
In recent years, Remy has been developing his work on canvas, through portraits and intimate interpretations.
Valentina Casacchia is an Italian art historian and independent curator now based in Milan. She gained her MA in Contemporary history of art in Rome, before spending a year of studies at the EHESS of Paris. Between 2005 and 2011 she worked in New York for several institutions (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Armory Show, The Jersey City Museum, Freight +Volume Gallery) as well as curating extensive private collections (Gregory Callimanopulos Collection). Currently lecturer of Art History at the University of Pavia, she keeps researching through writings and exhibitions her passion for painting.
Espronceda, Center for Art and Culture
Carrer d'Espronceda, 326, Nave 4-5-10, 08027. Barcelona
Exposición. 21 ene de 2016 - 31 ene de 2016 / Espronceda Center for Art & Culture / Barcelona, España
Exposición. 12 nov de 2024 - 09 feb de 2025 / Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza / Madrid, España
Formación. 07 nov de 2024 - 28 nov de 2024 / Museo Nacional del Prado / Madrid, España
