Carlos Garaicoa

The exhibition ἀρχιτέκτων (architéktōn), at Galeria Filomena Soares, presents a new series of works by Carlos Garaicoa, developed from the formal and conceptual research initiated in π = 3.1416, first shown in Madrid in 2024.Continuing along this path, the artist revisits painting on wood—a medium he began exploring more consistently in 2019 with the installation Paisajes de trabajo – and deepens his interest in geometry, architecture, and the city as symbolic structures and frameworks for constructing thought.

The works now gathered in Lisbon do not represent a full embrace of abstraction, but rather use it as a tool to reflect on the ways we organize space and knowledge. Through rigorous compositions, carefully controlled color planes, and Cartesian volumes, Garaicoa unfolds a visual vocabulary where architectural drawing, geometric art, and formal restraint intersect, alluding to the layered complexity of the contemporary world.

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