Rumores infundados. Javier y Rafa Forteza

A joint exhibition by the brothers Javier and Rafa Forteza at CaixaForum Madrid, with paintings and sculptures in which figuration and abstraction confront ambiguity and enigma.

The exhibition brings together a selection of paintings and sculptures by Javier and Rafa Forteza, and it is the first time both artists present a joint project. The route is built around images in which the recognisable dissolves: in several works an androgynous face appears that the visitor cannot identify, leaving open the question of its identity.

Javier Forteza works with faces that seem like sequences in motion, oscillating between pain and calm. Rafa Forteza, by contrast, focuses on the thickness of the image, which seems to crystallise on the surface; in his abstract paintings the raw canvas and the repetition of forms that breaks expectations dominate.

The exhibition is designed for those who enjoy contemporary art and suggestion rather than direct narrative. Both artists share an interest in the enigma and in distance, and their pieces function as open writings that invite memory, rumour and emotion.