{"id":48228,"date":"2025-11-14T18:22:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T17:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/exposicio\/francesc-gimeno-jaime-sunico\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T11:58:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T10:58:06","slug":"francesc-gimeno-jaime-sunico","status":"publish","type":"exposicio","link":"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/exposicio\/francesc-gimeno-jaime-sunico\/","title":{"rendered":"Francesc Gimeno \u2013 Jaime S\u00fanico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The gallery presents an exhibition that brings together two artists separated by a century yet united by the same pictorial impulse: <strong>Francesc Gimeno (1858\u20131927)<\/strong> and <strong>Jaime S\u00fanico (b. 1963)<\/strong>. Two creators who understand painting as a radical act of truth, matter, and emotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Francesc Gimeno<\/strong>, a singular figure in turn-of-the-century Catalan painting, stands out for the realist force of his portraits and landscapes. His intense self-portraits, intimate family scenes, and views of Tibidabo or Torroella reveal an honest and profound gaze, the mark of a true painter of character. <strong>His material, visceral approach connects with a lineage that spans from late Rembrandt to Lucian Freud.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-parallax\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-48213 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/arturamon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gimeno-portada-1024x643.jpg)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jaime S\u00fanico<\/strong>, a contemporary Barcelona-based artist, continues this legacy with <strong>a spatula-driven painting in which colour becomes volume and energy.<\/strong> His portraits, built through dense layers, capture the inner life of his sitters \u2014from Montserrat monks to figures from his personal sphere\u2014 and convey a compelling visual intensity. Like Gimeno, S\u00fanico often turns to self-portraiture as a space of truth and confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-parallax\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-48224 size-large has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/arturamon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sunico-portada-1024x605.jpg)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#9d7f67\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This exhibition brings the <strong>two artists<\/strong> <strong>face to face<\/strong>, showing how, through different languages and eras, <strong>they share the same idea: painting as a pure, courageous, and essential gesture. <\/strong>A celebration of the subversive force of painting, from early-20th-century Catalonia to contemporary Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<script>var is_masonry=false;<\/script>        <div class=\" llistat coeli-list-group\">\n            <div class=\"coeli-list-results  coeli-list-agrupacions coeli-agrupacio-48217\"\n                 id=\"coeli-list-results-48217\" tabindex=\"0\">\n                <div class=\"coeli-result-list-container\">\n                    <ul class=\"coeli-result-list coeli-mode-list grid s6  \"\n                        id=\"coeli-ul-agrupacio-48217\">\n                        <li class=\"coeli-grid-sizer\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"grid-item  coeli-heritageobject\" id=\"estudi-figura-masculina\"  data-href=\"\/coeli\/AR\/HeritageObject\/e77cc9a9-9250-47d5-9f5f-b0112f8775c5\" data-id=\"e77cc9a9-9250-47d5-9f5f-b0112f8775c5\" tabindex=\"0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/obra\/estudi-figura-masculina\/\"><figure class=\"image portraitmedia-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Study for a male figure\" src=\"https:\/\/d19e8r2uszbscg.cloudfront.net\/public\/HeritageObject\/e77cc9a9-9250-47d5-9f5f-b0112f8775c5\/eb8efa78f79f9b00fb6c2b958abcaec4\/full\/large\/0\/default.jpg\"><\/figure><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-authornameinlistings\">Francesc Gimeno<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-title\">Study for a male figure<\/p><\/a><\/li><li class=\"grid-item  coeli-heritageobject\" id=\"autoretrat-df8d\"  data-href=\"\/coeli\/AR\/HeritageObject\/e831d335-2149-4261-a4db-889b40897ff1\" data-id=\"e831d335-2149-4261-a4db-889b40897ff1\" tabindex=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/obra\/autoretrat-df8d\/\"><figure class=\"image portraitmedia-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Self-portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/d19e8r2uszbscg.cloudfront.net\/public\/HeritageObject\/e831d335-2149-4261-a4db-889b40897ff1\/65b1d0917a22c08eb54f01439519eeec\/full\/large\/0\/default.jpg\"><\/figure><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-authornameinlistings\">Francesc Gimeno<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-title\">Self-portrait<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-creationdate\">1920 &#8211; 1925<\/p><\/a><\/li><li class=\"grid-item  coeli-heritageobject\" id=\"autoretrat-d7a8\"  data-href=\"\/coeli\/AR\/HeritageObject\/0ae0183b-107b-49dd-b6bd-4c817edc9172\" data-id=\"0ae0183b-107b-49dd-b6bd-4c817edc9172\" tabindex=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/obra\/autoretrat-d7a8\/\"><figure class=\"image portraitmedia-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Self-portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/d19e8r2uszbscg.cloudfront.net\/public\/HeritageObject\/0ae0183b-107b-49dd-b6bd-4c817edc9172\/bc7efed3821f9fe1917a79d3b0c21732\/full\/large\/0\/default.jpg\"><\/figure><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-authornameinlistings\">Francesc Gimeno<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-title\">Self-portrait<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-creationdate\">c. 1915<\/p><\/a><\/li><li class=\"grid-item  coeli-heritageobject\" id=\"autoretrat-e110\"  data-href=\"\/coeli\/AR\/HeritageObject\/4af45416-b961-4da5-8bf1-399aaba85a3c\" data-id=\"4af45416-b961-4da5-8bf1-399aaba85a3c\" tabindex=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/obra\/autoretrat-e110\/\"><figure class=\"image portraitmedia-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Self-portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/d19e8r2uszbscg.cloudfront.net\/public\/HeritageObject\/4af45416-b961-4da5-8bf1-399aaba85a3c\/8800add86af88fb1f6c00203e64c3047\/full\/large\/0\/default.jpg\"><\/figure><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-authornameinlistings\">Francesc Gimeno<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-title\">Self-portrait<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-creationdate\">1919 &#8211; 1920<\/p><\/a><\/li><li class=\"grid-item  coeli-heritageobject\" id=\"autoretrat-df11\"  data-href=\"\/coeli\/AR\/HeritageObject\/5645967e-cc92-4531-b50e-15274353ef59\" data-id=\"5645967e-cc92-4531-b50e-15274353ef59\" tabindex=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/obra\/autoretrat-df11\/\"><figure class=\"image portraitmedia-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Self-portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/d19e8r2uszbscg.cloudfront.net\/public\/HeritageObject\/5645967e-cc92-4531-b50e-15274353ef59\/96054c4736d9926cf3d5071f1e9c3b3d\/full\/large\/0\/default.jpg\"><\/figure><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-authornameinlistings\">Francesc Gimeno<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-title\">Self-portrait<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-creationdate\">1920 &#8211; 1925<\/p><\/a><\/li><li class=\"grid-item  coeli-heritageobject\" id=\"autoretrat-4355\"  data-href=\"\/coeli\/AR\/HeritageObject\/e70d139e-a276-49f8-9749-cb31af8cd804\" data-id=\"e70d139e-a276-49f8-9749-cb31af8cd804\" tabindex=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/obra\/autoretrat-4355\/\"><figure class=\"image portraitmedia-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Self-portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/d19e8r2uszbscg.cloudfront.net\/public\/HeritageObject\/e70d139e-a276-49f8-9749-cb31af8cd804\/f264e43983a8781d0480c060a08ee561\/full\/large\/0\/default.jpg\"><\/figure><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-authornameinlistings\">Francesc Gimeno<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-title\">Self-portrait<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-creationdate\">c. 1920 &#8211; 1925<\/p><\/a><\/li><li class=\"grid-item  coeli-heritageobject\" id=\"sin-titulo-75ee\"  data-href=\"\/coeli\/AR\/HeritageObject\/290c2cb8-6ba9-435c-8c90-ae8b77e1c208\" data-id=\"290c2cb8-6ba9-435c-8c90-ae8b77e1c208\" tabindex=\"6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/obra\/sin-titulo-75ee\/\"><figure class=\"image portraitmedia-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" src=\"https:\/\/d19e8r2uszbscg.cloudfront.net\/public\/HeritageObject\/290c2cb8-6ba9-435c-8c90-ae8b77e1c208\/ad0875f6dd18e36924bf7571d1475d7e\/full\/large\/0\/default.jpg\"><\/figure><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-authornameinlistings\">Jaime S\u00fanico<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-title\">Untitled<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-creationdate\">2007<\/p><\/a><\/li><li class=\"grid-item  coeli-heritageobject\" id=\"hno-jose-antonio-maria-gimeno-abadia-cisterciense-de-san-isidoro-de-duenas\"  data-href=\"\/coeli\/AR\/HeritageObject\/aa52f9c0-5345-4332-b140-b42123224768\" data-id=\"aa52f9c0-5345-4332-b140-b42123224768\" tabindex=\"7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/obra\/hno-jose-antonio-maria-gimeno-abadia-cisterciense-de-san-isidoro-de-duenas\/\"><figure class=\"image portraitmedia-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brother Jos\u00e9 Antonio Mar\u00eda Gimeno (Cistercian Abbey of San Isidoro de Due\u00f1as)\" src=\"https:\/\/d19e8r2uszbscg.cloudfront.net\/public\/HeritageObject\/aa52f9c0-5345-4332-b140-b42123224768\/ec34676cfb0b30ea7cfe19ba7f2a646e\/full\/large\/0\/default.jpg\"><\/figure><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-authornameinlistings\">Jaime S\u00fanico<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-title\">Brother Jos\u00e9 Antonio Mar\u00eda Gimeno (Cistercian Abbey of San Isidoro de Due\u00f1as)<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-creationdate\">2010<\/p><\/a><\/li>                    <\/ul>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-48392 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/251105_08-scaled-e1765276030682.jpg\" style=\"object-position:58% 35%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"58% 35%\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#ad9274\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GIMENO_SUNICO_amb_muntatge_WEB.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of GIMENO_SUNICO_amb_muntatge_WEB.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a4bbcc9c-976e-43e7-895f-1b3125702aec\" href=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GIMENO_SUNICO_amb_muntatge_WEB.pdf\">GIMENO_SUNICO_amb_muntatge_WEB<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GIMENO_SUNICO_amb_muntatge_WEB.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a4bbcc9c-976e-43e7-895f-1b3125702aec\">Baixa<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":48219,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-48228","exposicio","type-exposicio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exposicio\/48228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exposicio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exposicio"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}