Jesús Poveda - Besos al sol

Kisses to the Sun. 2025 (Diptych)
Mixed media on wood
81 × 65 cm (2 pieces)

Kisses to the Sun comprises two works belonging to the Sun series (2024). In this diptych, Jesús Poveda delves into the essential image as a symbolic device and into painting understood as an object of contemplation. With a format of 24 × 24 cm, the piece offers a visual reflection on light, time, and permanence, from a purified surrealist and metaphysical aesthetics to its minimal expression.

The composition centers on the relationship between art and design, presenting the sun as an archetypal form, suspended in an indeterminate space that eschews narrative or contextual references. The reduced format reinforces the intimate character of the work, inviting close, deliberate observation. The restrained color palette and formal economy create an atmosphere of calm and estrangement, where light acquires an almost physical dimension. This piece is part of the Sun series, a set of works in which the artist distills figuration to the limit of the symbol, proposing a painting that dialogues with the metaphysical tradition from a contemporary sensibility.