10 YEARS. 10 ARTISTS. 10 STORIES.
Gemma Alpuente
DATES & LOCATION
September 2026 – October 2026
S Gallery Madrid
c/ Ferraz 78, 28008 Madrid
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Gemma Alpuente pushes painting beyond the flat surface, allowing color to expand, gain volume, and physically occupy space. Her works exist between painting and sculpture, shaped by controlled processes where chemistry, technique, and intuition determine the final form.
Each piece preserves the trace of a transformation that has been stopped at a precise moment. In the context of 10 Years. 10 Artists. 10 Stories, Alpuente’s work reveals matter as a record of movement, process, and becoming.
FEATURED ARTWORKS
ABOUT THE ARTIST
GEMMA ALPUENTE
Gemma Alpuente develops a distinctive pop and street-inspired language where color, material, and three-dimensionality converge. Through an experimental, multidisciplinary practice, she pushes painting beyond the traditional frame, transforming color into a physical and sculptural presence. Her vibrant works challenge conventions through a highly recognizable visual language that bridges painting, object, and space.
CURATORS' COMMENTARY
The Memory of Matter
by Pablo García
Madrid, 2026
Alejandra de la Torre and Gemma Alpuente begin from seemingly distant points, yet both work from the same intuition: matter can retain information. An object, a surface, or a form is not only what we see, but also the result of what has happened to it.
In Alejandra de la Torre’s work, this memory emerges through everyday objects. Elements that have seemingly lost their importance retain something far more difficult to erase: the memories, bonds, and affections invested in them. Accumulating, preserving, or letting go thus cease to be trivial actions. Each object functions as a material form of memory. By bringing it into the realm of art, Alejandra de la Torre transforms the way we look at what would normally go unnoticed, turning the everyday into a means of reflecting on time, relationships, and our resistance to allowing certain things to disappear.
With Gemma Alpuente, it is painting itself that undergoes transformation. Colour leaves the flat surface, acquires volume, and physically occupies space, entering an intermediate territory between painting and sculpture. Her forms emerge through processes of controlled expansion in which chemical reaction, technical knowledge, and intuition determine the outcome. There is a precise moment when Gemma Alpuente decides to stop this process and fix the material in place. The work then preserves the trace of a transformation: what we contemplate is also the record of something that was happening and has been brought to a halt.
Both artists thus turn matter into a form of memory. In Alejandra de la Torre’s work, it preserves what we have experienced and invested in objects. In Gemma Alpuente’s, it records the process of transformation that gave rise to the work itself. In both cases, what we see always contains the trace of something that came before.
In 10 Years. 10 Artists. 10 Stories., Alejandra de la Torre and Gemma Alpuente offer two different paths towards the same conclusion: the surface is never the end of an image. Sometimes, it is simply the place from which to begin looking.