Carlos León's 'Lugar del elogio' at MUSAC Blends Abstraction with Tactile Memory

MUSAC in León, Spain, presents 'Lugar del elogio', a solo exhibition by Carlos León curated by Fernando Castro Flórez. Running from June 6 to October 18, 2026, the show gathers defining works from the artist's career, including an installation made of old wheels and his voice reciting Samuel Beckett's 'Cascando'. León, born in Ceutí but raised in Segovia, explores themes of gardens, ponds, attics, and passages as symbolic spaces of knowledge and seduction. His practice evolved from 1960s gestural abstraction to a dialogue between abstraction and nature, avoiding romanticism. The exhibition features paintings on canvas, Dibond, and wood, emphasizing materiality and tactile sensations through light strokes and overlays. León's work often references ephemerality, decay, and regeneration, with recent pieces alluding to the myth of Danaë.