Javier de Juan presents in Madrid a reinterpretation of his vision of the city in the 21st century through his work in recent years.
Isolina Arbulu Gallery, in collaboration with Yusto/Giner Gallery, presents the intervention “Javier de Juan en el Laberinto” (Javier de Juan in the Labyrinth), a temporary exhibition that, like the city that inspires it, is dynamic, changing, and constantly reinventing itself.
The artist Javier de Juan, a key figure in the Nueva Figuración Madrileña (New Madrid Figuration) and La Movida movements, and a leading light in contemporary Spanish art, once again places Madrid at the center of his creative universe. A painter and visual storyteller, de Juan offers a reflection on the city's vital energy, its relentless rhythm, and its capacity for transformation.
Through a selection of works that combine painting, drawing, and artistic experimentation, the artist captures the urban pulse of a city that is drawn and erased, rebuilt every day from memory and light. Madrid thus becomes the stage, character, and metaphor for life itself: to move is to be alive.
Conceived as an artistic intervention, the installation will be on display for ten days in January 2026. Javier de Juan's proposal, whose work is considered 100% Madrid DNA, is a labyrinth in which to lose oneself and understand Madrid through the artist's eyes. The artist's work has partly shaped the idea and image of the city over more than four decades.
The exhibition is a collaboration between the Isolina Gallery
