Instinct. Gesture and color.

September 2026 – November 2026

After the Second World War, abstract art became one of the main spaces for artistic experimentation. Painting broke away from traditional ways of representing reality, and the canvas ceased to be merely a support, becoming instead a space for action, where the decisions, movements and unexpected events of the creative process are recorded.

Irreflexion. Gesture and Colour brings together works by Jean Dubuffet, José Guerrero, Hans Hartung, Joan Miró, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Sam Francis and Esteban Vicente, showcasing the diversity of ways of understanding and working with painting. Incision, line, stain, trace and gesture become fundamental resources, alongside a free and expressive use of colour. Each artist thus develops a distinctive language based on experimentation and spontaneity.

The exhibition establishes connections between European Informalism, American Abstract Expressionism and other related movements. Although their careers followed different paths, these artists share an attitude of freedom towards the canvas and an understanding of painting as a process. Irreflexion. Gesture and Colour offers an open perspective on the transformations of twentieth-century painting, highlighting its richness, diversity and capacity for reinvention.