Meeting between Art and Poetry

Jan Vallverdú (1995) presents ‘NOT YET’, a body of work that explores the friction between impulse and restraint. His paintings carry an intensity that doesn’t come from excess, but from a careful attention to the mark, to the body of the painting itself. His practice is not about representing a prior image or illustrating an inner vision, but about sharpening the eye and the craft — the hand, the material, the composition — to inhabit a space where tension is not resolved, but refined. ‘NOT YET’ does not signal a passive waiting, but affirms a state of openness. It is not a lack of form, nor a promise of future resolution. It is the act of staying with what is still becoming — and because of that, always becoming more.