“Conversaciones y Puñetazos” (Conversations and punches) is a commitment to painting in the form of a laboratory by three
artists who once shared the Latolier studio (in the Usera neighbourhood in Madrid, which has been in the midst of artistic
ferment in recent years). Founded by Baptiste Laurent, it has become a centre for creation. Laurent has taken a liking to this format. It is an action close to a performance in which the relationship between the three artists generates dynamics that move the works forward and create new challenges. We will see a mixture of themes as diverse as a battlefield, Greek horses, Goya-inspired wrestling, a swing on a colourful
field, large butchers’ knives on blue Portuguese mosaics, a fish on a plate with two large arms emerging from the void, or a
pink canopy in the middle of a field with a mysterious female nude floating upside down in the sky.

This catalog consists of a curatorial essay and an interview with the three artists, edited by Javier Guijarro Fayard, curator and founder of the Madrid-based gallery LaCaja.