January, 2024 | The Apartment

"Ferias y Verbenas 2" is the title of the exhibition that Los Bravú inaugurated last January 15 at the Spanish Embassy in Tokyo, as a result of the collaboration between that institution and SEISMASUNO PROJECTS. It can be visited until February 5 at 1-3-29 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo.

"Verbena is a genus of plants abundant throughout the world. There are hundreds of different species and their shapes and colors are of the most varied. In Spain it became customary to use these flowers as an ornament for festive clothing, any celebration that included a night dance was accompanied by verbenas attached to the jacket or hair. So much so that with the passage of time the people of the cities forgot the name of the plant but continued to call verbena to the dances celebrated from dusk until dawn (...)"

"(...) The artistic work of Los Bravú is the manifestation that popular rites and celebrations provide fertile ground for creativity, serve as a source of inspiration and act as a reminder of the cultural richness that can be explored through art. Marked by a strong authorial character, their works speak of personal experiences, the places they visit and the people who cross their lives. In this way their paintings navigate the thin surface of reality to enter a dreamlike universe that draws from the classical tradition and surrealist expression.

The collective formed by Dea Gómez and Diego Omil is today one of the most important referents of the new Spanish figurative painting, thanks in large part to a frenetic impulse for meticulous study and creation. The consequence of compulsively absorbing an infinite series of cultural references has resulted in a personal narrative that we now have the opportunity to see unfold through a sample of the most intimate artifacts of Los Bravú's creative process. The back of the closet of their artistic imaginary that makes evident a deep interest in mythology and symbolism, the dualities in human nature, the real and the imaginary."