Since my first visit to the Palatine Gallery in 2012, where I encountered the works of Ignacio de Lucca, his art has resonated with me in a deeply personal way. His exhibition Arborescences from back then fascinated me with its unique ability to intertwine nature and narrative, capturing the essence of life and its intricate connections through his distinctive painting techniques.

Sometimes art invites us to map not places, but emotions and experiences, as happened to me when I discovered his Emotional Cartographies.

De Lucca's new series moves away from the explicit narrative of his previous landscapes and immerses us in a spatial dimension where the stain and the gesture become the true protagonists of the canvas. Here, each piece becomes a private ceremony, where the artist, in a meditative process, shares with us a vision that goes beyond the image, inviting us to reflect on the very essence of our perception.

This conceptual shift, which began during his time at the "Paintings Edge Program" residency in California, is manifested in works that, through masterful management of time and material, reveal an internal landscape transformed by experience and memory.

The current exhibition at Galería Tramo is an invitation to experience painting as an act of revelation, a space where the artist's delay and intuition become the essence of the image. It is a testament to how waiting can be as significant as execution in art.

I invite you to explore "Emotional Cartographies," an exhibition where Ignacio de Lucca redefines the act of painting as a ritual where the conscious and the unconscious align, offering us a visual dialogue promising an aesthetic experience as balanced as it is profound.