Juan Uslé’s New Paintings at Alfonso Artiaco in Naples

Juan Uslé presents 'Pedramala', a solo exhibition at Alfonso Artiaco gallery in Naples, featuring fifteen new canvases from 2018. The show's title references a specific topographic location meaningful to the artist, serving as both a literal and metaphorical horizon for his painting. Uslé's work explores the physical and mental process of painting, with brushstrokes that act as traces of an encounter between artist and canvas. The exhibition marks his return to Naples, where he previously showed in 2013 with Victoria Civera. The artist describes his practice as a ritual moving from initial silence to physical recognition and deeper silence. The text is by Antonello Tolve, a professor at Accademia Albertina di Torino.