LA MIRADA COMPARTIDA

27.03.2025

 

The gallery is pleased to present «La Mirada Compartida,» a new duo exhibition featuring abstract artists Carlos Pascual and Sergio Femar.

This exhibition highlights the artistic and personal connection between the two Spanish painters, who share a mentor-student relationship. Carlos Pascual Pérez, a researcher and professor at the Universidad de Salamanca, first encountered Sergio Femar as a student, and their dialogue continues through their artistic practice.

«La Mirada Compartida» invites viewers to explore the intersections between structure and spontaneity, mentorship and artistic independence, and materiality and abstraction through the works of these two compelling artists.

 

 ARTISTS 

 

SERGIO FEMAR (O Porriño 1990)

Sergio Femar's work is deeply influenced by street art, embracing the physicality of materials and their origins. His creative process is spontaneous and intuitive—rather than starting with a fixed concept, he allows the materials to guide him, responding to their textures, colors, and spatial possibilities. This organic approach results in compositions where spontaneity plays a crucial role, shaping the interplay between form, color, and three-dimensionality. Femar’s work is rooted in the present moment, reflecting the fast-paced visual culture of contemporary life. He incorporates found objects and repurposed materials, advocating for a second life for discarded resources in a society driven by rapid consumption. His artistic practice is a reflection of adaptation and transformation, mirroring the ever-evolving world around us.

 

CARLOS PASCUAL (Madrid 1950)

Carlos Pascual holds a degree in Fine Arts from Madrid and a Ph.D. from the Universidad de Salamanca, where he teaches painting as a tenured professor. Throughout his career, he has received numerous awards and grants, including the Research Grant for New Expressive Forms from the Spanish Ministry of Culture in 1979. His extensive body of work includes large-scale architectural interventions, such as ceramic mural decorations for the EXPO 92 in Seville. Pascual has exhibited widely in both solo and group shows across Spain, with his works held in prestigious public collections such as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid, and the La Caixa Foundation in Barcelona.
His artistic practice is grounded in a conceptual and aesthetic dialogue with 20th-century geometric and constructive avant-gardes. Pascual explores abstraction, compositional balance, the relationship between color and form, and the materiality of surfaces, all while maintaining an autonomous visual language. His work does not adhere to external narratives or symbolism; instead, it exists as a self-referential object. While rooted in minimalist and object-based traditions, his approach is neither dogmatic nor rigid. Instead, it oscillates between geometry and sensuality, order and emotion.
 
Download catalogue