LLUIS LLEO: New Paintings and Works on Paper

April 12 – June 15, 2018

Waxy Skin, 2018

Oil, graphite, ink and watercolor on Nepal J.M. 3 Paper

Framed: 44 3/4 x 36 inches (113.6 x 91.4 cm)

Installation view of Nest and Place

Both works: 

2018

Oil and acrylic on canvas 

78 1/4 x 56 1/4 inches (198.7 x 142.8 cm)

 

1966, 2016

Oil on canvas 

71.65 x 51.77 inches ( 182 x 131.5 cm)

Cafe Gittane, 2018

Oil, graphite, ink and watercolor on Nepal J.M. 3 Paper

Framed: 44 3/4 x 36 inches (113.6 x 91.4 cm)

Installation view of Azuluz, Cafe Gittane, Xavier and Haiku

Each work:

2018

Oil, graphite, ink and watercolor on Nepal J.M. 3 Paper

Framed: 44 3/4 x 36 inches (113.6 x 91.4 cm)

Secret, 2018

Oil and acrylic on canvas in four parts

9 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches (24.1 x 64.7 cm)

Masterclass, 2018

Oil, graphite, ink and watercolor on Nepal J.M 3 Paper

Framed: 44 3/4 x 36 inches (113.6 x 91.4 cm)

Azuluz, 2018

Oil, graphite, ink and watercolor on Nepal J.M 3 Paper

F: 44 3/4 x 36 inches (113.6 x 91.4 cm)

Small Place, 2018

Oil and acrylic on canvas 

45 x 35 inches (114.3 x 88.9 cm)

Installation view

Xavier, 2018

Oil, graphite, ink and watercolor on Nepal J.M. 3 Paper

F: 44 3/4 x 36 inches (113.6 x 91.4 cm)

Haiku, 2018

Oil, graphite, ink and watercolor on Nepal J.M. 3 Paper. 

F: 44 3/4 x 36 inches (113.6 x 91.4 cm)

Gran Vitrea, 2018

Oil, acrylic and pencil on canvas 

80 x 60 inches (203.2 x 152.4 cm)

WPIA, 2018

Oil, graphite, ink and watercolor on Nepal J.M. 3 Paper

Framed: 44 3/4 x 36 inches (113.6 x 91.4 cm)

 

Cloak, 2018

Oil, graphite, ink and watercolor on Nepal J.M. 3 Paper

F: 44 3.4 x 36 inches (113.6 x 91.4 cm)

Press Release

The Elkon Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition by Spanish artist Lluis Lleo.  Lleo's exhibition entitled New Paintings and Works on Paper encompasses his work from 2016 to present.  Dividing his time between New York and Barcelona, Lleo's body of work is about fragility, vulnerability and the tension between the substances.  Working with sandstone in his 2017 sculptural installation on Park Avenue, New York, as well as with oil on canvas and hand-pressed paper from Nepal and Bhutan, each of these mediums in their own right have the ability to tear or crumble with the slightest tremor or disturbance.  

Lleo’s last major exhibition in NYC was Morpho's Nest in the Cadmium House; a site-specific installation of large-scale sandstone works on Park Avenue between 52nd and 56th Streets during spring-summer 2017.  The installation has traveled to Barcelona and will be unveiled in April in front of the Palacio Real de Pedralbes (Pedralbes Royal Palace) and will remain on view until 2026.


The exhibition will remain on view until June 15th.  For additional information please contact the gallery at 212.535.3940 or at elkongallery@earthlink.net.