The work of Sergio D. Loeda (Madrid, 1988) is based on biographical references. His grandfather, a veteran of the Civil War, wore gold teeth and drank cheap wine. This was a statement of class: what is broken is fixed with sumptuousness even if one manages in life as a worker. At grandfather's wake came two strangers, decked out in all their jewellery. Nobody knew them except the deceased, who could not introduce them. Such a display annoyed the bereaved and the strangers had to justify themselves: sorry, in our land it is a sign of respect to see someone off wearing your best clothes.
This apparently contradictory duo (the solemn and the vulgar, the golds and the cement) are the backbone of this exhibition, both materially and semantically. Acrylic with gold leaf, photographs crumpled in their frames, images of insurrection and repression splashed with enamel.
In these works, Sergio D. Loeda deepens the development of his plastic language while offering us the ironic encounter between the furious emancipatory struggles of the 20th century in the petit bourgeois sphere of the plastic arts.
Sergio D. Loeda has had both group and solo exhibitions, including "Totems" Galería Maisterravalbuena and "La mecánica de una botella" ArteLateral. He has carried out residencies such as Fundación Bilbaoarte in 2019 and has been selected in multiple artistic calls.