Un impulso de último momento — Román de Castro

We present the new solo exhibition by Román de Castro at Piramidón, the result of the two-month residency he carried out with us thanks to the residency and acquisition award we granted him at Can Artfair.

In Un impulso de último momento, Román establishes in his works a relationship between CDMX and Barcelona through the tiles that appear in his interiors. The artist connects, in a way that is more emotional than mimetic, “Mexican talavera” with “modernista tilework”, separated by kilometres yet both originating from the Iberian Peninsula. His interest in tiles also recalls Pedro Almodóvar, a “pictorial” reference for the artist, with whom he shares that aesthetic charge generated by colour in the environment and how it contributes to the creation of atmosphere.

In his works, everyday objects speak through written messages and through their very form, acting as witnesses and containers of memory. The characters, for their part, hide their faces and maintain an anonymous identity. This formula, together with poetic and unfinished messages, leaves in each piece a suspended narrative that calls upon the viewer.

“For Román, the word (almost) always comes before painting, but shortly before leaving his residency at Piramidón he had in his studio a work featuring a character holding a blank note, with no message. Surprised, I asked him: ‘And what will this be, un impulso de último momento?’”

You can visit the exhibition from Monday to Friday, from 10 am to 7 pm, until January 20th, 2026.