Juan Uslé

Juan Uslé began in 1997 the first work that would lead to the homonymous series *Soñé que revelabas*. It is one of the most prominent series by the Cantabrian artist; in it, he refers to the world of dreams and, at the same time, to the photographic process, the darkroom.

"Soñé que revelabas" confronts us with a succession of striped series that, in turn, configure a horizontal structure opposed to the verticality of the canvas. Dark nuances shape a territory of marks and routes, as he himself defines it. In addition to the artistic creative process itself, this large-format work—like the rest of the series—reflects an emotional process, the brushstroke follows the rhythm of the artist's heart, thus becoming a record of his heartbeats.

In this series, the artist resumes the darkness already posed in several works from the late eighties and focuses on serialization and compositional unity. He repeats the process over and over again in each work: he adopts a large format as a support, applies the same technique and pictorial components, vinyl paint and pigments, and yet, in each of them, Uslé emphasizes its singularity and uniqueness. He starts from black as a chromatic essence, emphasizes horizontality with thick brushstrokes or even applying certain notes of color, but if we observe the detail, he does not neglect verticality, materialized through short serialized strokes.


Juan Uslé

Soñé que revelabas (Indigirka), 2020 Acrylic, vinyl, pigments and dispersion on canvas 305 × 227 cm

Prats Nogueras Blanchard

€150,000