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Creatures of the Night Art Exhibition at Juan Manuel Lumbreras Gallery

Ada Garrués presents a series of figurative paintings exploring domesticity, intimacy, and performative aesthetics.

Experience the evocative world of Ada Garrués in her solo showcase at Juan Manuel Lumbreras Gallery. This contemporary art exhibition features paintings that examine the intersection of domestic life and performative codes under a suspended, nocturnal atmosphere. Visitors can observe how themes of vulnerability, identity, and desire reside within these figurative works.

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Exhibition summary

Creatures of the Night is a collection of paintings by Ada Garrués that explores alternative narratives through scenes of vulnerability, intimacy, and strange beauty. The exhibition examines a hybrid aesthetic where domestic life and performative elements coexist in a suspended, nocturnal atmosphere.

Curatorial context

Creatures of the Night features a series of paintings by Ada Garrués that navigate themes of non-normative life and intimacy. By centering the 'strange' rather than treating it as an exception, Garrués constructs a space where vulnerability, desire, and affection reside. Her work reflects a hybrid aesthetic where domestic settings merge with performative codes, often featuring figures in corsets and elaborate wigs, suggesting a world where codes are relaxed and bodies can explore new ways of being. These scenes are presented as moments in a state of latency—suspended, unstable, and deeply evocative. Garrués uses the night as a condition rather than merely a setting, creating an environment where the ambiguous becomes legible and the intimate gains physical presence. This exhibition, part of the 'JOVEN LLAMA JOVEN' project, invites viewers to project their own experiences into these scenes, finding resonance in the tension between discomfort and tenderness.

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Venue
Juan Manuel Lumbreras Gallery
Current status
Completed
Exhibition schedule
Apr 29, 2026 – Jun 12, 2026
Artist line / attribution
Ada Garrués (Pamplona, 1998) is a graduate of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and an emerging artist participating in the gallery's 'JOVEN LLAMA JOVEN' project.
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