WORKS
Yago Hortal - SP206.-2018.-100x81cm.-Acrylic-on-linen-detail
Yago Hortal - Z41.-2021.-230x190cm.-Acrylic-on-linen-detail
Yago Hortal - SP133.-2016.-Acrylic-on-linen.-92x73cm.- detail
Yago Hortal - Z26.-2021.-190x230cm.-Acrylic-on-linen-detail
Yago Hortal - SP226.-2019.-230x190cm.-Acrylic-on-linen-detail
Yago Hortal - Z27.-2021.-230x190cm.-Acrylic-on-linen-detail
Yago Hortal - Z23.-2021.-230x190cm.-Acrylic-on-linen-detail

"In some ways, I think that I paint what I cannot see" Yago Hortal

"His is an approach that goes against dominant aesthetics, even within abstraction itself" Enrique Juncosa

"Most artists actually think in terms of light and dark, and not so much color. But, Yago, you’re a colorist too" Peter Halley

Yago Hortal (Barcelona, 1983), studied Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona and the University of Seville. In 2007, one year after graduating, he wins the 49th Prize for Young Painters. The following year, at only 25 years of age, he began to exhibit not only in Spain but also in the rest of Europe and the United States. His paintings maintain a tight relationship between the work of art and action painting itself. The canvas forms part of a performance in which the artist consciously creates spontaneous color forms in an infinite gamma, expressing passion and vibrancy. The painting seems to come out of the canvas, causing a desire to touch it and creating textural sensations.