Helena Almeida: 'Seduzir' [To Seduce, 2002] (detail)

Collection

Sin título [Untitled]

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LUIS PALMERO

Sin título [Untitled]

  • 1990
  • Oil on canvas on board
  • 28 x 28 cm
  • Cat. P_533
  • Acquired in 1993
By:
Frederic Montornés

Focused on the use of colour and the desire to use a minimal geometric alignment to convey his search for the essential in painting, Luis Palmero is an artist whose technique, far from keeping him outside the sphere of emotion, enables him to evoke the bias of the simulation of a space inside of which the consciousness resides or is developed, first by means of a certain metaphysical air and, subsequently, using a vibrant clarity. 

Ten works by Luis Palmero created between 1990 and 2005 form part of this collection. They are representative examples of his study of the primacy of colour and form as pillars to determine what can be thought of as the notes of a melody on the musical stave.  His work, focused on changes in fields of colour, geometric forms and lines, is able to evoke both interior and exterior spaces from the purest essence through his use of a flat colour range applied on the canvas with gentle brushstrokes.

His works from 2000 onwards, represented here by two diptychs from the Indian Summer series, reveal the maturity of a painter who always finds the most appropriate combination to use colour to convey undoubted references to happiness, while evoking a dialogue between the sensuality of curves and the insanity of the colour range used.

Frederic Montornés

 
By:
Frederic Montornés
Luis Palmero
La Laguna (Santa Cruz de Tenerife) 1957

The passion of this artist from the Canary Islands for colour and minimal, geometric alignments would lead him to delve into the beating heart of painting. This enables him to draw on the field of emotion to evoke the simulation of space within which the consciousness is developed. Palmero’s work focuses on studying colour and form and approaches space from its purest essence.

Since his first exhibition at Ateneo de La Laguna (Tenerife, 1978), Palmero’s work has been shown at solo and group events in Spain and abroad, including solo shows at La Regenta Art Centre (Las Palmas) and La Granja Art Centre (Tenerife), both in 2000, at La Recova Art Centre (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 2005) and at Espacio Salesas in Madrid in 2012. Group exhibitions featuring his works include those at the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Municipal Museum (1983); the Spanish Cultural Institute in Vienna (1985); the Tenerife Professional Association of Architects (1987); the Círculo de Bellas Artes (Madrid, 1993); the Atlantic Centre of Modern Art (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1997); and the International Art Museum of Lanzarote (2009). His works are held in domestic and international collections such as those of the Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid), the Contemporary Art Collections of the Canary Island Regional Ministry of Education and Culture, the Valencia Institute of Modern (Valencia), the Atlantic Centre of Modern Art (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) and the Testimoni Collection at ‘la Caixa’ Foundation (Barcelona).

Frederic Montornés

 
«Scales (1980-2020)» (Tenerife, 2021).
Vv.Aa. Colección Banco de España. Catálogo razonado, Madrid, Banco de España, 2019, vol. 3. Nilo Palenzuela, Anna Maria Guasch & Luis Pérez-Oramas Luis Palmero. Escalas 1980-2020, Tenerife, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes TEA, 2021.