BERNARD BOUCHE
Susana Solano , Spain
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"derniers mots"
Susana Solano, "Toma de tierra", 1993, Fer 135 x 65 x 50 cm
The gallery is pleased to present, beginning Thursday, May 21, a solo exhibition by Susana Solano titled “Last Words”, featuring a collection of primarily recent sculptures that reflect her interest in Africa.
Susana Solano’s sculpture is not merely a meditation on form in space—an eternal concern for sculptors—but must also be imbued with emotion and the power of intention. Her sculptures, most often made of stainless steel, are a journey through time. Although Susana Solano produces few works today, she believes that a work cannot be duplicated, must retain its resonance, and “works” with time. Moreover, she speaks of her work with a certain reserve and radically rejects all rhetoric. “The truth is that the creative spark springs forth without my forcing it, from a close and social environment, from my personal experiences, from daily life, from what I know and what I don’t know, from what hurts me and what makes me happy. The work no longer belongs to me, and that amazes me, because it belongs to itself. I was merely an instrument, perhaps a shadow, of the collective memory. Any attempt at explanation is anecdotal, and the greatest anecdote is to tell or write it myself. Art is something else; therein lies its glory, in a world increasingly filled with pacts, norms, methods, bureaucracies, truths, reasons… and their opposites.”
Susana Solano (Barcelona, 1946) is considered one of the most important artists of her generation in Spain. She received Spain’s National Prize for Visual Arts in 1988, participated in documenta in Kassel in 1987 and again in 1992, in the Venice Biennale in 1988 and 1993, and since 1987, one of her public works has been on permanent display in the city of Münster, following her participation in that year’s Skulptur Projekte, the world’s most important event of its kind. Among her recent projects are Con la mano 1979–1980 at CA2M Madrid, El mundo de las cosas CNIO Arte 2022 Madrid, Muecas MACBA Barcelona 1999, Acta at IVAM in Valencia (2019); and Acta dos at the Museo Patio Herreriano in Valladolid (2019–2020), and Anonyme at the Villa Casas Foundation in Barcelona (2024).
Solo show of Susana Solano
From May 21 to July 4, 2026
The gallery
Approximately, four exhibitions are held each year. The gallery program has a special emphasis on international contemporary art and on the rediscovery of historical figures.
Gallery artists
Emanuele Becheri, Michel Boulanger, Antonio Calderara, Rui Chafes, José Pedro Croft, Carlo Guaita, Peter Joseph, Bernd Lohaus, Etienne-Martin, Charles Maussion, Jorge Molder, John Murphy, João Queiroz, Edmond Quinche, Pol Pierart, Susana Solano, Marthe Wéry
