SUSANA SOLANO
derniers mots 

May 21 – July 4, 2026

The gallery is delighted to present, from Thursday 21 May and as part of Paris Gallery Weekend from 29 to 31 May, a solo exhibition by Susana Solano entitled derniers mots, featuring a collection of sculptures – mainly recent works – which reflect her interest in Africa.

Susana Solano’s sculpture is not merely a meditation on form in space – the sculptor’s eternal preoccupation – but must also be imbued with feeling and intention; her sculptures – most often in stainless steel – are a journey through time. Susana Solano produces few works these days, as she believes that a work cannot be duplicated, must retain its resonance and ‘evolves’ over time. Indeed, she speaks of her work with a certain reserve and categorically rejects all rhetoric. ‘The truth is that the creative spark springs forth without my forcing it, from my immediate social environment, from my personal experiences, from everyday life, from what I know and what I do not know, from what causes me pain and what brings me joy. The work no longer belongs to me, and this fills me with wonder, for it belongs to itself. I have been nothing more than an instrument, perhaps a shadow, of the collective memory. Any attempt at explanation is anecdotal, and the greatest anecdote would be to recount or write it down myself. Art is something else; therein lies its glory, in a world increasingly filled with pacts, norms, methods, bureaucracies, truths, reasons… and their opposites.”

Susana Solano (Barcelona, 1946) is regarded as one of the most important artists of her generation in Spain. She was awarded the Spanish National Prize for Visual Arts in 1988, took part in documenta in Kassel in 1987 and, in the same year, at Skulptur Projekte Münster, returning there again in 1992, and at the Venice Biennale in 1988 and 1993. Her recent solo exhibitions include Con la mano 1979-1980 au CA2M Madrid, El mundo de las cosas CNIO Arte 2022 Madrid, Muecas MACBA Barcelone 1999, Acta IVAM Valence 2019, Acta dos Museo Patio Herreriano Valladolid 2019-2020, Anonyme Fondation Villa Casas Barcelone 2024.