The visual compositions of Luís Carballo are embedded within an ongoing investigation

into the limits of photography as both a language and a device of representation. Rooted

in urban observation, the artist’s practice progressively shifts towards territories of rupture

and inquiry, where the image ceases to function merely as a record and instead becomes

an expanded material form.

In this new exhibition, Luís Carballo further pushes this trajectory by questioning the very

possibility of photography’s continuity. Through the conversion of photographic images

into three-dimensional graphic drawing, he proposes gestures of discontinuity that

suspend immediate legibility.

This formal interruption resonates with a broader global context marked by uncertainty

and tension. In a time shaped by the expansion of war, energy instability, and a pervasive

anxiety that fragments everyday life, the artistic gesture of pausing and cutting assumes a

critical dimension. The works presented echo this state of global paralysis, where

normality is replaced by hiatuses and controversies. Rather than offering resolution, these

images invite the discovery of alternative strata, depending on the viewer’s perspective.

The works once again demonstrate Luís’s ability to articulate geometry, perspective and

dimension—now displaced beyond the photographic field. Their tridimensionality

introduces dynamic layers of interpretation that invite viewer interaction. This new series

continues the artist’s characteristic exploration of pattern, proposing a visual pathway that

oscillates between aesthetic balance and emotional tension.

Lived experience—joys, sorrows, fulfilments and frustrations—structures the arrangement

of acrylic elements. Colour and form trace intersections, affections and the resilience of

human feeling.