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José Lerma MADRIYAL

Oct 2, 2025 — Jan 16, 2026 | Monaco

Opening on Thursday, October 2, 2025 from 6 to 8 pm

Almine Rech Monaco is pleased to present 'MADRIYAL' José Lerma's fourth solo exhibition with the gallery, on view from October 2, 2025 to January 16, 2026.

What do we see in José Lerma’s paintings? A portrait or a landscape, a human figure or a heap of matter? Painting or sculpture? Abstraction or figuration? The artist delights in subverting our expectations, placing us in a field of tension where nothing is ever fully identifiable.

The nine works presented in the gallery are at once sculptural objects and “process abstractions” that take the form of a face. Each canvas oscillates between delicacy and excess: refined pastel colors, elegant female silhouettes, but also exuberant masses of paint, overflowing, almost aggressive. José Lerma embraces this resistance, the art of “doing things wrong” as a method of inquiry.
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— Margaux Knight, independent curator

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Selected artworks

  • José Lerma,                                      Genoveva, 2025

    José Lerma Genoveva, 2025

    Acrylic on burlap
    182.9 x 121.9 cm
    72 x 48 in

  • José Lerma,                                      Ana Paula, 2025

    José Lerma Ana Paula, 2025

    Acrylic on burlap
    182.9 x 121.9 cm
    72 x 48 in

  • José Lerma,                                      Mirelsa, 2025

    José Lerma Mirelsa, 2025

    Acrylic on burlap
    121.9 x 91.4 cm
    48 x 36 in

  • José Lerma,                                      Fania, 2025

    José Lerma Fania, 2025

    Acrylic on burlap
    121.9 x 91.4 cm
    48 x 36 in

  • José Lerma,                                      Madelyn, 2025

    José Lerma Madelyn, 2025

    Acrylic on burlap
    81.3 x 61 cm
    32 x 24 in

  • José Lerma,                                      Dari, 2025

    José Lerma Dari, 2025

    Acrylic on burlap
    81.3 x 61 cm
    32 x 24 in

  • José Lerma,                                      Mariloli, 2025

    José Lerma Mariloli, 2025

    Acrylic on burlap
    81.3 x 61 cm
    32 x 24 in

  • José Lerma,                                      Lysaurie, 2025

    José Lerma Lysaurie, 2025

    Acrylic on burlap
    81.3 x 61 cm
    32 x 24 in

  • José Lerma,                                      Sira, 2024

    José Lerma Sira, 2024

    Acrylic on burlap
    121.9 x 91.4 cm
    48 x 36 in

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