The Catalan artist, in the same sense as the Czech Frantisek Kupka, pioneer of abstract art at the beginning of the 20th century, sets out to find the truth without the representation of the object, resorting to the feeling that induces her to paint freely.

LLUI Carbó, an artist who has made the leap from figuration to abstract art, dispenses with reality to reach and represent emotion. Part of the need for ‘freedom to create’ has turned figurative art into abstract art. The challenge of such a change has not caused the artist's technique to be lost, attending to the harmony of colour in space. The artist in the same sense as the pioneer of Czech abstract art František Kupka at the beginning of the 20th century, aims to find the truth without the representation of the object, resorting to the feeling that induces her to create freely.

The artist's delicate sensibility, which leads her to the path of experimentation, has its origins in the philosophy of the theory of ‘empiricism,’ which was adopted by craftsmen and painters in classical antiquity, such foundations consisted in the development of the experience of knowledge. Its founders were the British David Hume and his colleague George Berkeley.

LLUI's abstract, not obeying the canons of techniques, throws her brushstrokes and unites in harmony, intervening saturated and neutral colours, low and high and networks of light and shadow on the space. Her works suggest the movement of nature in its different manifestations, they are full of charm. She found a source of inspiration in impressionist painting for the masters Monet, Gauguin, Rusiñol… of the last century, changing the descriptive approach to nature and transforming it according to their impressions and sensations. The abstract art of ‘LLUI’, goes in search of that necessary connection to join life, through the feelings that emerge in it. 

Last May, the artist took part in the international exhibition ‘The eye that looks at the world’, presented by the Galería Áurea, in the art space ‘Insolentia’ Montpellier (France), together with other renowned artists such as Alessandro Pumo, Loíc Bonnefont, Fernando Halcón and Alejandra Osado.

‘LLUI’, Luisa Carbó was born in Barcelona in 1958. 

Since she was a child, she was passionate about drawing and painting, as well as everything related to material art. She loved to see how with a piece of wood, clay or just paper she could make real sculptures. She was attracted by the entire world of art. 

Her art reflects her own identity, her own experiences, concepts, ideas, and principles that are important to her. She loves the freedom to express herself and to create intuitively and instinctively reflecting her past and present experiences. 

She started young, at the age of 12 the painter Luis García Oliver taught her. In his workshop she learned to draw and interpret the proportions of the human figure and painting techniques, in a very realistic way, with coloured pencils, chalk, charcoal and other materials. Later, while studying, she attended several drawing, painting, and sculpture academies. As time went by, her work evolved towards figurative painting, reaching a style of her own, combining magical realism with impressionist touches, to deal with feelings, dreams and memories that take her back to her own childhood. Her curiosity and eagerness have led her to use mixed techniques such as collage, inks, pastel colours, oil, acrylic and other types of different textures, a fascinating world full of sensations that make her vibrate. 

From there she has entered an abstract world, where painting intuitively creates forms, movement, and energetic brushstrokes, which create a series of qualities and emotional characteristics such as harmony, beauty, strength, power, balance and a sense of freedom to express feelings. 

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Daniel Redemi curator of exhibitions and director of Galería ÁUREA.

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