The solo exhibition of Portuguese artist Pedro Calapez, entitled "Guide to Possible Worlds", is presented at the Fernando Pradilla Gallery. The exhibition highlights painting as the essential foundation of Calapez's aesthetics, fusing research and praxis in a work that incorporates literary, architectural and plastic references, influenced by abstractionist movements of the 20th century.

Calapez's work explores conceptual contexts such as abstract expressionism, colour fields, support surfaces and expanded painting. His approach seeks to challenge the traditional representation of reality, encouraging the active perception of the viewer. The paintings on canvas board, especially the large-format diptychs, occupy the central core of the exhibition, providing the viewer with a visual itinerary to discover relationships in the work and its spatial arrangement.

Calapez, in his reflections on the project, reveals that he was inspired by an image from a book, "The Torment of Tantalus," which led to innovative sensations. The exhibition invites viewers to explore a parallel world of reflections on artistic processes, where the opposition of materials and the deconstruction of the visual plane are fundamental.

The exhibition highlights Calapez's connection to the literary world and his quest to maintain visual wonder and questioning. The work has also been presented in various institutions and biennials, consolidating Pedro Calapez's position in the contemporary art scene. His paintings, marked by experimentation and exploration of spatiality, have been exhibited in important museums and are part of public and private collections internationally.