Art Madrid'24 – LÉO CAILLARD PLAYS WITH TIME TO MAKE THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE MEET IN THE SAME SPACE CREATED BY SCULPTURE.

Leo Caillard (Paris, France, 1985) belongs to a generation of artists associated with the important changes that have been taking place since the 2000s, with the onset of the digital era and the new concerns of societies. An advocate of new technologies and science, his initial interests focused on the exploration of time and quantum physics, but Caillard soon abandoned the world of numbers to show his research through his artworks.

Leo Caillard

Art has to do with history. It is the sensitive expression of an era.

Time is relative. Therefore, the art of a bygone era is also an expression of our present.

Through his works, the artist Léo Caillard plays with time to make the past, the present and the future meet in the same space created by sculpture.

Leo Caillard, “VR Buste,2020”. Escultura de mármol blanco.

We interviewed the artist to know more about his work and his participation in Art Madrid:

What inspires you when you create?

I draw my inspiration for my work mainly from antiquity and history. In my artworks I reinterpret the ancient and the past in order to bring them to life today, I open a dialogue between the past and the present.

What are you working on recently?

I am currently working on digital art and the NFT, the Non-Fungible Token: the creation of unique digital art. I try to open a bridge between the reality of marble and the virtuality of digital creation.

Laoocon, 2020. Escultura en mármol de carrara. 60x60x40cm

Tell us about your creative process

First of all, I work on 3D scanning. I take inspiration from antiques that I scan, in collaboration with museums or institutions and, from this scan, I make a pre-sculpted marble to get a shape closer to what I want to do. All the details, the final touches, are finished by hand: the glasses, the beard, things a bit more detailed, so that the sculpture remains unique in its approach.

You are participating in the fair for the first time, what do you expect from Art Madrid?

I'm delighted to be at Art Madrid this year, it's an opportunity and a good fortune. I think as an artist you don't expect much; you expect to enter into a dialogue with the public and see the reactions. In any case, it's a joy to show my artworks from this year at this fair.

Do you usually make a preliminary study of the life of the classical character you reinterpret in your work?

I love history and I try to use sculpture to be in agreement with what I want to say: Apollo taking a selfie, Narcissus, Hercules... I try to be in connection with the myth, and that the history of the ancient statue is in dialogue with the version I want to make.

Are you thinking of "dressing" the sculptures of another great museum or are you focusing your next work on another discourse?

I think the habillage project is something I started in 2010 and it's starting to get a bit outdated. I had a lot of fun working on this notion of clothing as an attribute, only now I want to go towards the digital spirit and wonder more about virtuality in relation to reality, through deformations, through things that will create an opening between the abstract and the figurative.

Animación3D. “Woman face casque Marshall et casquette”

The artist Leo Caillard participates for the first time in Art Madrid with the Parisian gallery Galerie LJ, together with the artists Julien Primard, Quentin Garel y Heide Ukkonen.



“I paint in a completely free way, I don't have a plan, it's chaotic, but everything has a reason. I don't prepare anything before I start painting, what I paint is what I feel or try to communicate at that moment, so it changes a lot (from one work to another)”.

Chão limpo e o resto. Mixed media on canvas. 2023. Ana Malta. Courtesy of the artist.

Cultura Inquieta once again joins the experience of discovering and celebrating creative talent within the broad spectrum of artistic expressions present at Art Madrid'24. As a supporter of culture and contemporary art, its commitment to promoting and supporting emerging artists is reflected in a special initiative in this edition: highlighting and supporting the work of the REVELATION ARTIST of the 19th edition.

Só durmo na minha almofada. Mixed media on canvas. 2023. Ana Malta. Courtesy of the artist.

In this context, Ana Malta emerges into the contemporary art scene with a fresh voice and her own visual aesthetic. Born in Lisbon in 1996, Malta is a talented visual artist and freelance designer who has captivated the public with her distinctive approach and bold exploration of the beauty of everyday spaces through her investigations of color.

Her studies in Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, as well as her Master's Degree in Creative Industries Management at the Catholic University of Portugal in Porto, have provided a solid foundation for her artistic practice. Currently, she also collaborates in the Communication and Production Office of Carpintarias de São Lázaro - Centro Cultural e Galeria Belo-Galsterer, showing her commitment to the cultural fabric of her community. She is also part of the artistic collective VÊS.TRÊS.

Ana Malta has been recognized in several platforms and media, including the 14th Edition of QUADRANTE, Melancia Mag and the SCROLL program of the RTP2 channel. Her participation in the book (AS)ARTISTAS - Ensaio Gráfico sobre Histórias e Práticas Artísticas no Feminino and in the April 21st Edition of Nova Awareness Club underlines her impact and relevance in the contemporary art scene.

Só um é que ganha. Mixed media on canvas. 2023. Ana Malta. Courtesy of the artist.

Ana Malta's work is characterized by her exploration of color, patterns, composition, and texture. These elements are not only vehicles of her plastic and visual expression, but also embody an intimate dialogue between aesthetic restlessness and the transformation of error into opportunity.

It is exciting to see Ana Malta make her debut at Art Madrid'24, represented by Galeria São Mamede (STAND B3). Her presence promises to further enrich the artistic experience of the event, inviting the public to approach the visually captivating and conceptually stimulating universe that the artist creates to narrate the chaos she rearranges in shapes and colors.

Não fico pendurada. Mixed media on canvas. 2023. Ana Malta. Courtesy of the artist.

In a world in constant movement, Ana Malta reminds us of the importance of experimentation and continuous exploration in the search for authentic and sincere artistic expression.

Her work has been REVEALED to us in the 19th edition of ART MADRID, thanks to the precise point of view of CULTURA INQUIETA as a testimony of the transforming power of art. In her hands, the entropy of forms brings us the possible memory of an endless summer; the luminosity of the sun becomes the caress of everyday life; we may even be surprised by the formula of happiness turned into a companion animal.

Ana Malta's pieces combines the restlessness of a space that appears to be in a state of chaos with the delicate synesthesia of vibrating at the velocity of light, nuances, lines and colors in her paintings.