Explores unsuspected territories, Jordi Díaz Alamà.

Jordi Díaz Alamà (born 1986, Granollers) lives and works in Barcelona. He is director of the Barcelona Academy of Art and the MEAM (European Museum of Modern Art). Alamà’s practice explores the intersections between classical figurative painting and contemporary aesthetics. The artist incorporates references from art history, inviting viewers to come into these intimate spaces where the artist’s models coexist. Alamà plays, expands his palette and explores unsuspected territories. He works balancing between figuration and abstraction, taking a small detour in his trajectory to find new codes and plastic resources. In series like Red Studio and the Carmine Hotel, he explores a new representation of the models, empowering them with an assertive presence, challenging conventional notions of passive objectification and traditional beauty canons. As a lifelong project, Alamà has undertaken the monumental challenge of reinterpreting Dante’s Divine Comedy. He began with the Inferno, the first part of this epic opus, at the start of the pandemic in 2020. In this series, the artist provides a profound perspective on the state of humanity, using the image of condemned souls trapped in mystical landscapes as a metaphor for the misery of the modern world. Through this contrast between the painful reality of the present and the eternal agony of souls in a frigid and brutal hell, the author prompts us to reflect on the consequences of our actions and decisions as a society. His works can be found in the permanent collections of the MEAM and the Can Framis Museum in Barcelona, as well as in private collections in Europe, the United States, and Australia. [Follow Jordi Díaz Alamà to learn more] https://www.diazalama.com/   / alama_art     / diazalama