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Reina Sofía Opens ‘Juan Uslé. Ese barco en la montaña’ With Nearly 100 Works

The exhibition charts a transatlantic journey from New York isolation to Cantabrian memory through a shift from somber gesture toward color‑driven geometry.

Overview

  • The survey spans eleven galleries in the museum’s Nouvel building and runs through April 20.
  • Three works shown in the exhibition have been newly deposited into the museum’s permanent collection after years on loan.
  • Curator Ángel Calvo Ulloa frames Uslé’s practice within lyrical abstraction focused on rhythm, pulse, and memory.
  • Early dark paintings reflect his 1985 move to New York on a Fulbright and the lingering imprint of the 1960 Elorrio shipwreck near his Cantabrian home.
  • Uslé’s international stature includes the 2002 Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas and holdings in MoMA, Centre Pompidou, Tate Modern, and other major collections.