Tomàs Morell
Barcelona, 1964
Each of Morell’s characters is a figure charged with narratives of his own, caught in a back-and-forth of influences and references that reaffirm his fluid identity and his resistance to being classified. His paintings are an exploration of what it means to be “oneself” in a world that insists on defining us, an invitation to break with norms and allow identity to unfold without limits or boundaries.
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Tomàs Morell explores the margins of gender identity with a pictorial irreverence that defies conventions. His characters are hybrid representations of the masculine and the feminine, figures that exist in a space without labels and that relate to classical art references such as Picasso and Grosz. In each work, Morell establishes a dialogue with art history, but does so from a subversive perspective, constructing characters that seem to defy any attempt at pigeonholing.
