Jesús Castelló (1952) - Sculpture, Soledad - 30 cm - Carrara marble

Jesús Castelló's work entails a full identification with matter, despite the complexity this entails in such heavy and forceful materials. Softness versus hardness, tension and expression, life and death. Jesús reflects, magnified, his personal situation within a society whose economic-cultural structures are oppressive to most of its members. That is why we all have the capacity to feel represented in the artist's work in one way or another, since we are also part of that machinery, and thus we are capable of feeling as if that aggression were our own.
PremioSenya 1983, numerous works of his —originals or restorations— dot the streets, squares and gardens of his hometown and of the rest of the Valencian territory, nationally and abroad.
"Soledad" is a profound reflection on contemporary isolation. In this work, the artist invites us to explore the psychology of isolation in modern society. "Soledad" visually interprets those invisible walls that we ourselves build around us; self-imposed barriers that, little by little, distance us from our surroundings. However, the piece hides a message of hope: a subtle ray of light that reminds us that the exit from ourselves is always possible. A conceptually magnetic work with great expressive force, ideal for collectors seeking pieces with narrative and emotional transcendence.