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Souvenirs de Voyages
Site-specific installation
5.50 x 7.00 m
Charcoal, pastel and oil on linen
2024

Is a site-specific installation for “L’Envers du décor #7” at @palaisdelaportedoree
Thanks everyone that came by for the festival aswell as all the friends that generously shared with me conversations during the process
❤️ @citedesartsparis @__pablomendez @d_gnidrah @blake.a.daniels @amaulartist @lemegot.editions @dayneris_brito …

📸 Senda studio & Cyril Zannettacci taken in Palais de la Porte Dorée by @copytolearn

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Le Retour des Indes, 2025
Site-specific drawing
Charcoal on the wall
550x700 cm
Instituto Cervantes Paris

The site-specific drawing created for the Instituto Cervantes stems from a critical reflection on the construction of exoticism in Western art. It takes inspiration from the journey of the tapestries of La Tenture des Indes. Sketched in the 17th century by Dutch artists Frans Post and Albert Eckhout during an expedition to northern Brazil, the drawings and cartons went through a long process of reinterpretation before arriving at the Louvre.
Idealized for the European gaze, this transformed representation of a colonized territory later served as a model for the sedentary Henri Rousseau to paint his imaginary jungles.

Francesc Ruiz Abad extends and plays with this chain of distortions, as if embracing and savoring the fantasy until it becomes his own. The façade becomes a fragment of the Mata Atlântica without human figures, where tropical fauna and flora—long relegated to a mere ornamental backdrop—now claim their autonomy.

What was once colonial documentation is transformed into a counter-archive: animals and plants, themselves both witnesses and victims of conquest, now occupy the very heart of the installation.

Photos by Behzad Azadi and the artist

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@eduardo_nav_car taken in Paris by @copytolearn

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Guardianes is a temporary site-specific drawing intervention in dialogue with the ornamental figures of Parisian XIX century architecture.
The house is called “Italian Pavilion” and was build back in 1800s by the french Radet family. Is also the place where I lived and worked for 12 months in harmony with birds, ants and nettle in the context of @citedesartsparis residency in Montmartre.

Now is time to face new horizons and say goodbye to these sleepy lions and the paradisiac and super special garden from la butte de Montmartre

Guardianes
Charcoal on the wall
2024 taken in Montmartre (paris 18eme) by @copytolearn

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Cananéia, 2026
160x205 cm
Vegeta charcoal on cotton taken in São Paulo, Brazil by @copytolearn

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FRANCESC RUIZ ABAD

(Palamós, 1990)

Viu i treballa entre París i Calonge. És llicenciat en Belles Arts per la Universitat de Barcelona i va cursar estudis a la Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst de Leipzig.

Treballa sobretot la pintura i el dibuix, i també la instal·lació, l'edició i la ceràmica. La seva pràctica explora imaginaris populars com els bestiaris medievals, els dibuixos animats o la mitologia mediterrània, per construir narratives alternatives a la representació històrica convencional, des d'una mirada curiosa i lúdica.

La seva obra s'ha mostrat al Palais de la Porte Dorée (París), la Cité Internationale des Arts (París), el Deji Art Museum (Nanjing) o la XIII Biennal de l'Havana.

Demà presenta «Mediterrani Atlàntic» la seva 1a exposició individual a Tramuntana.

Inauguració dissabte 5 de setembre de 2026 a les 18 h.

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Francesc Ruiz Abad lives and works between Paris and Calonge. He holds a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona and studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig.

He works mainly in painting and drawing, and also in installation, publishing and ceramics. His practice explores popular imaginaries such as medieval bestiaries, cartoons and Mediterranean mythology, building alternative narratives to conventional historical representation, from a curious and playful gaze.

His work has been shown at the Palais de la Porte Dorée (Paris), the Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris), the Deji Art Museum (Nanjing) and the XIII Havana Biennial.

Tomorrow he presents «Mediterrani Atlàntic» his first solo exhibition at Tramuntana.

Opening Saturday, 5 September 2026, at 6 pm. taken in Vulpellac by @copytolearn

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"A inici del juliol de 2026 van cremar al voltant de 2.300 hectàrees del Massís de les Gavarres. [...] La cendra és el rastre de la mort. És la metàfora de la devastació. [...] la cendra [...] recupera la capacitat de donar vida. [...] les despulles arbòries recollides a les Gavarres, tornen a créixer."

Fragments del text crític de Pere Parramon, "Cendres vives", per a l'exposició Mediterrani Atlàntic.

Paisagem, 2026. Oli sobre lli, 120 × 90 cm.

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"In early July 2026, some 2,300 hectares of the Gavarres massif burned. [...] Ash is the trace of death. It is the metaphor for devastation. [...] ash [...] recovers the capacity to give life. [...] the tree remains gathered in the Gavarres grow again."

Fragments from the critical text by Pere Parramon, "Cendres vives", for the exhibition Mediterrani Atlàntic.

Paisagem, 2026. Oil on linen, 120 × 90 cm.

@pereidolia @copytolearn

MEDITERRANI ATLÀNTIC · Francesc Ruiz Abad
Opening — 05.09.2026, 18h · Tramuntana, Vulpellac taken in Vulpellac by @copytolearn

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Amb el setembre a tocar i els darrers dies d'un estiu intens, a Tramuntana volem agrair la rebuda de les nostres propostes a tots els col·leccionistes, amics i públic que doneu suport al nostre projecte. Per acomiadar l'estiu, presentem dues noves exposicions.

A TRAMUNTANA, Francesc Ruiz Abad presenta «Mediterrani Atlàntic», un projecte nascut del trànsit entre dues geografies: el Brasil de São Paulo i la Mata Atlàntica, i el Mediterrani català. El viatge es converteix en una manera d'observar, recollir i transformar el territori. Pintura, carbonet i matèria construeixen un paisatge híbrid, entre la memòria, la natura i la imaginació.

A AMUNT, Ivan Forcadell presenta «L'última melona de l'estiu», una selecció de pintures, dibuixos i ceràmiques vinculades al paisatge rural del sud de Catalunya. La seva obra parteix de l'observació i del detall per construir un llenguatge propi, on formes, colors i gestos apareixen com petites variacions que transformen la percepció. Una mirada íntima sobre aquell moment en què l'estiu comença lentament a desaparèixer.

Dues noves propostes amb les quals acomiadem l'estiu i donem la benvinguda a la temporada Tardor / Hivern 2026.
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As September approaches and an intense, activity-filled summer draws to a close, at Tramuntana we want to thank all the collectors, friends and visitors who have joined us and who support our project.

To bid farewell to summer, we present at TRAMUNTANA, Francesc Ruiz Abad presents «Mediterrani Atlàntic», a project born of the passage between two geographies: the Brazil of São Paulo and the Mata Atlântica, and the Catalan Mediterranean. The journey becomes a way of observing, gathering and transforming the territory. Painting, charcoal and matter build a hybrid landscape, between memory, nature and imagination.

At AMUNT, Ivan Forcadell presents «L'última melona de l'estiu», a selection of paintings, drawings and ceramics tied to the rural landscape of southern Catalonia. His work begins from observation and detail to build a language of his own, where forms, colours and gestures appear as small variations that transform perception. An intimate look at the moment when summer slowly begins to fade. taken in Vulpellac by @copytolearn

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Mata is a book published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name (18.06–10.07.2026), developed during Paulo Reis’s residency at Projeto Fidalga.

It plays with the reproduction of a notebook whose ink drawings seep through to the other side of the page, giving rise to new, veiled images.

It forms part of a wonderful series of publications that Projeto Fidalga has been producing over the last 15 years with all the artists that participated on the residency; always in the same format and giving the artist total freedom.

Date of publishing: June, 2026
Publisher: Projeto Fidalga, São Paulo
Designer: Felipe Souto
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 20
Size: 14x10 cm
Edition: 50

@projetofidalga @sandracinto_oficial @ateliealbanoafonso #FelipeSuoto taken in São Paulo, Brazil by @copytolearn

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Um dos nossos objetivos com o projeto de residência é que cada experiência se desdobre em novas oportunidades, ampliando a rede de atuação dos artistas.
Desta vez, o artista Francesc Ruiz Abad, que esteve conosco em junho, foi convidado pelo curador Nilo de Almeida para participar do 25 Festival de Inverno de Paranapiacaba. Nilo conheceu o trabalho de Francesc durante sua visita ao Fidalga e fez o convite, que foi prontamente aceito.
Ao final da residência, Francesc viajou para Cananéia, onde produziu novos trabalhos. Um deles está agora em exposição no 25 Festival de Inverno de Paranapiacaba — e essa é apenas uma das boas notícias que estão por vir!
Agradecemos ao curador Nilo de Almeida pela visita ao projeto e por fortalecer essas conexões que fazem a arte circular.
One of our goals with the residency project is for each experience to unfold into new opportunities, expanding the artists’ professional networks.
This time, artist Francesc Ruiz Abad—who was with us in June—was invited by curator Nilo de Almeida to participate in the 25 Paranapiacaba Winter Festival. Nilo discovered Francesc’s work during a visit to Fidalga and extended the invitation, which was promptly accepted.
After the residency, Francesc traveled to Cananéia, where he created new works. One of them is now on display at the Paranapiacaba Winter Festival—and that is just one of the good things to come! We thank curator Nilo Matos de Almeida for visiting the project and for strengthening the connections that keep art in motion. @copytolearn @nilo_almeida2014 @niloalmeidacurador @projetofidalga @sandracinto_oficial @ateliealbanoafonso by @copytolearn

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Dias lindos de sol e chuva no litoral paulista antes de regressar para a Europa.

Já com saudade dessa viagem incrível ao Brasil, cheia de pessoas maravilhosas, arte e muitos muitos novos amigos.

Até breve!
Brasil no meu coração. taken in Ilha Do Cardoso - Ilha dos Golfinhos by @copytolearn

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Mata, 2026
Site-specific installation
Charcoal, dry pastel and ceramics
São Paulo

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Mata is an immersive installation of charcoal drawing and ceramics exploring representations of the Atlantic Forest landscape. The project draws on a series of drawings made between January and March 2025 in the public parks of São Paulo and in the Atlantic Forest of Bragança Paulista, and was developed during a residency at Projeto Fidalga, where the artist deepened his research into the European artists who portrayed an idealized nature in Brazil and into the construction of the exotic in the West.

The large-scale drawing unfolds as a graphic fantasy in which natural elements dissolve into gestural abstractions, subverting the concepts of cyclorama and panorama. The installation is completed by a series of local clay tiles exploring fauna —anthropomorphic birds, smoking or wearing hats— in dialogue with the tile-making tradition of the Iberian Peninsula and its symbolic charge tied to the bestiary.

Mata is presented alongside Pontos Cegos – Geografias para Habitar o Mundo, by Thereza Salazar. Both exhibitions remain open to the public, free of charge, until July 10th at Projeto Fidalga, São Paulo.

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Fotos @ateliealbanoafonso
Thanks to @projetofidalga @sandracinto_oficial @ateliealbanoafonso @residenciafonte @osiel23 @therezasalazar by @copytolearn

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Agradecemos a todas as pessoas queridas que estiveram conosco ontem na conversa com os artistas Thereza Salazar e Francesc Ruiz Abad, e com o curador Nilo Almeida.
Ativar o espaço por meio de encontros e reflexões em torno do trabalho dos artistas é muito importante para nós. Obrigado por fazerem parte desse momento! We thank all the dear people who were with us yesterday in the conversation with the artists Thereza Salazar and Francesc Ruiz Abad, and with the curator Nilo Almeida.
Activating the space through encounters and reflections around the work of the artists is very important to us. Thank you for being part of this moment! @therezasalazar @copytolearn @nilo_almeida2014 @niloalmeidacurador @projetofidalga #vemnasexta by @copytolearn

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