Luis Gordillo

Luis Gordillo (Seville, Spain, 1934) is a leading figure in contemporary Spanish painting. He studied Fine Arts in Seville and, in the late 1950s, travelled to Paris, where he came into contact with Informalism and the European avant-gardes. He later moved closer to Pop Art and new figuration, exercising an important influence on later generations of Spanish artists.

His work develops through a constant dialogue between figuration and abstraction, with special attention to the transformation and repetition of images. He works with painting, drawing, photography, and collage, using resources such as seriality, doubling, fragmentation, and color. Throughout his career, he has combined references to Informalism, Pop, and geometry within a language in continuous transformation.

His work is part of collections such as Museo Reina Sofía, MACBA, IVAM, and Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo. He has presented exhibitions in institutions such as IVAM, MACBA, Museum Folkwang, and Museo Reina Sofía. His awards include the National Prize for Visual Arts in 1981, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts in 1996, and the Velázquez Prize for Visual Arts in 2007. Leer menos