Estigma (B)

Acrylic on cloth

1990; 59 x 84 cm 



“The fact that things last longer than people creates in us an illusion of eternity. However, everything is changeable, and offers a pathetic resistance to death.”

(R. Álvarez)



“Totality, thanks to nature, is uncontainable, and the imperfection of our senses is the greatest perfection of human beings, their plurality and their greatness”

(R. Álvarez)


Sin título

Acrylic on canvas

1993.  205 x 185cm.


El miedo II

Acrylic on canvas. 1997 

46x60 cm



“The symbol must be unclear, must have an imprecise definition. Start the sentence so that someone else finishes it”

(R. Álvarez)



“The human being is capable of justifying everything: all brutality, abandonment, isolation, vileness. He is ingenious and builds his private worlds, perfect palaces to isolate himself, so that no one enters”

(R. Álvarez)


Why are our homes so beautiful? II

Acrylic on canvas. 2000. 

190x155 cm