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A series of large-format tapestries by the artist Raquel Lobo, on show at Casa del Lector in Matadero Madrid and organised by the Besarilia Cultural Association as part of the Sui Generis Festival.

The exhibition brings together several large-format tapestries by Raquel Lobo, organised by the Besarilia Cultural Association and presented as part of the Sui Generis Festival. The pieces build a symbolic visual narrative drawing on Asturian-Galician tradition and the mouros, mythical underground creatures who, in the artist's universe, offer golden riches in exchange for human flesh. The whole is experienced as a textile series in which popular legend is reinterpreted through her own imagery.

The project began in 2022 within Sui Generis and has continued to evolve since then. This presentation, conceived as a narrative in continuous transformation, returns to its starting point. The works stand out for their detail and the care taken over composition, with a palette that places each scene in an indefinite time, somewhere between past and future. Her work in design and animation, together with her interest in Byzantine iconography, shapes the narrative and visual rhythm of the pieces.

She was born in Llanes in 1992 and currently lives in Madrid. She trained in Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid, and her career unfolds between the capital and Asturias, where she won the Premio Joven de Artes Plásticas. Casa del Lector, located in the Matadero Madrid complex, is a space that mainly hosts exhibitions. It is a textile work that connects traditional mythological imagery with the concerns of contemporary creation.