Pablo Álvarez

Para cambiar el cielo | Pablo Álvarez

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Measurements

40 x 30 cm

Discipline

Pintura

Styles

Neofiguración

Supports

Lino

Techniques

Óleo

Year

2026

Unique work

In private collection

To Change the Sky belongs to the series Scene and Backdrop, a project that reflects on our contemporary relationship with images and representation mechanisms. The work is presented as a visual metaphor: a backdrop printed with a sky full of clouds occupies the foreground, supported by the silhouette of a house that functions almost like a prop, evidencing the artificial nature of the scene. Behind it, a second sky without clouds opens up as a monochrome background, creating a contrast between constructed image and "real" image. The painting presents landscape as a stage and questions the idea of substitution, simulacrum, and set design: changing the sky becomes a symbolic gesture that alludes to the ease with which we replace one image with another today. In this interplay between backdrop and background, between illusion and structure, the painting highlights our dependence on the visual, the immediate, and the spectacular, inviting a slower and more conscious gaze. From the use of oil paint as a craft medium to the scenic conception of the image, the work connects pictorial tradition and contemporary thought, proposing painting as a space for pause, reflection, and resistance against the current visual overproduction.

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After studying Fine Arts and Interior Design at Antonio de Nebrija University, where he graduated in 2018, he continued his education with a Master's in Research in Art and Creation (2024), consolidating a career that combines artistic practice and theoretical reflection. Since the beginning of his career, he has sought experiences that broaden his perspective, participating in international projects such as ¿Cómo enseñar y hacer fotografía? (How to teach and make photography?) in Piura, Peru (2020) and a documentary photography program in rural areas with Erasmus+ in Dilijan, Armenia (2019). These experiences marked a line of work attentive to social issues and modes of representation in diverse contexts. His work has been presented in various solo and group exhibitions in Spain, and has received recognition from institutions and competitions. In 2024, he exhibited his work at Galería My Name’s Lolita (Madrid), and in previous years participated in shows such as the Pozuelo de Alarcón Painting Competition (where he won third prize in 2023), the Moncloa Cultural Center (Madrid, 2022), and the LXXVII Centelles Painting Competition (Barcelona, 2019). In Logroño, he was awarded third prize in the XXXIV Young Art Showcase La Rioja (2018), and in Segovia, he was part of a group exhibition and an artistic residency at AP Gallery (2017). His artistic practice is characterized by an interest in the intersection of image, memory, and territory, exploring through painting and photography ways of inhabiting, narrating, and reinterpreting contemporary experience. With a career that spans from international projects to national competition awards, he continues to develop work that dialogues between aesthetic research and the cultural transformations of our time.

Financial information

Signature value

18.86 ¢/cm2

Accum. revaluation

84.27 %

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