Aleix Albareda - QUOD IX ( ALMOST WITHOUT FLAW ) XL

Quod IX
The work presents a duplicated and fused face, vertically divided by a sequence of geometric voids that interrupt the image’s continuity. This central fracture acts as a symbolic crack: a space of absence that separates and, at the same time, connects both halves of the subject. The face does not confront its reflection, but rather a parallel version of itself, raising a reflection on split identity and the coexistence of multiple selves.
The color palette, dominated by ochres, earth tones, and deep blacks, suggests a dense and organic materiality, close to skin, wear, and the primitive. The vertical lines that traverse the surface recall architectural structures, scars, or records of time, reinforcing the idea of accumulated memory and lived experience. The painting seems built up in strata, as if the face emerges from layers of history and matter.
The eyes, intensely expressive and almost identical in both halves, establish an emotional anchor point. They look at the viewer with a disquieting calm, inviting confrontation with the notion of the unity of being. There is no hierarchy between the two faces: neither dominates, neither imposes; both exist in constant tension.
The white blocks interrupting the central axis introduce a visual rhythm that alludes to digital fragmentation, error, information void, or silence. These image-less spaces function as pauses, as forced breaths within an identity attempting to recompose itself.
Together, the work proposes a meditation on duality, inner fracture, and the contemporary construction of the subject. The square, large-format presentation intensifies the direct confrontation with the viewer, turning the encounter with the work into an exercise of recognition, estrangement, and self-observation.

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Aleix Albareda is an experienced Spanish painter with national exhibitions. His main focus is the figure and landscape in a dreamlike world, achieved through an expressionist style with acrylic painting. His overall artistic vision is filled with drama, relevance, and power.

Solo exhibitions
2024
Albareda366 / Saló de les Homilies d'Organyà - Solsona, Spain
2024
Xiuxiueig·s / Sala TATRAU - Solsona, Spain
2023
D'aquí·s / Sala TATRAU - Solsona, Spain
2023
Albareda / Espai Grau Pujol - Guissona, Spain
2023
Mel·líflua / Can Puget - Manlleu, Spain
2021
Festum·s / Saló de les Homilies d'Organyà - Solsona, Spain
2021
Trestopie·s / Dual Gallery - Girona, Spain
2020
Mixtisque / Sala TATRAU - Solsona, Spain
2019
Vatarc·s / Galeria Espai G d'Art - Terrassa, Spain
2019
Blodoll·s / Plaça Major 09 - Solsona, Spain
2019
a l b a r e d a / Comú d'Encamp - Encamp, Andorra
2018
Quattuor / Sala TATRAU - Solsona, Spain
2018
Seclusions / Sala Gris - Solsona, Spain
2017
a l b a r e d a / Galeria Legax Art - Barcelona, Spain
2016
TOLV·S / Sala TATRAU - Solsona, Spain
2016
a l b a r e d a / Galeria Art Point - Lleida, Spain
2015
a l b a r e d a / Sala Gris - Solsona, Spain
2014
PURBLIND·ER'S / Centre Cívic Xavier Jounou - Solsona, Spain
2013
a l b a r e d a 3 6 5 / Sala Sant Jordi - Solsona, Spain
2011
a l b a r e d a / Sala d'Art Neri - Girona, Spain
2009
Sentits / Sala Sant Jordi - Solsona, Spain
2007
Sisnits / Sala Sant Jordi - Solsona, Spain
2006
Fusions / Sala Sant Jordi - Solsona, Spain
2004
Romanents / Sala Sant Jordi - Solsona, Spain
2002
Treestos / Sala Sant Jordi - Solsona, Spain
2000
Quasiblau / Sala Sant Jordi - Solsona, Spain
1997
1EDP / Ajuntament de Solsona - Solsona, Spain
Publications
2020
Núvol- Four collections in one
2020
El Nacional- The unknown facet of the TV3 actor
2019
Regió 7- Two kinds of innocent looks
2019
Cultura ara andorra- Aleix Albareda
2019
el Periòdic- Aleix Albareda
2019
Núvol- Faces and Solsonese landscapes
2018
Regió 7- Aleix Albareda
2018
Telva- A journey through the Solsonès Region
2009
Lectura / Segre- Aleix Albareda
2008
Cultura_s / La Vanguardia- Two worlds
2005
La Conversa / Regió 7- Aleix Albareda