Alfredo Roldan

The Albemarle Gallery is delighted to present a selection of paintings by Ron Hicks, Alfredo Roldan and Salustiano, three artists unified by their shared meditation on the human figure.

Albemarle Gallery presents a new series of paintings by acclaimed Spanish artist Alfredo Roldan. These works are sophisticated exercises in sumptuous colour and subtle tonalities. Rich passages of reds, blues and greens are played off against muted, earthy shades and ochre flesh tints. The flattened perspectives, fractured surfaces and graphic stylisations reference the cubism of Picasso and Juan Gris. There are echoes of Modigliani in the treatment of his female subjects and we can detect a homage to his 'heroes', Gaugin and Matisse, in his joyful and sensuous manipulation of colour.

Spanish artist Alfredo Roldán was born in 1965. Self- taught, with no formal training, and determined to be an artist, he initially sold his work in street markets. By the mid 1990s, after winning several competitions, he came to the notice of art galleries in Europe and America, notably The Albemarle Gallery in London. Its new incarnation, Pontone Gallery, is proud to present his latest exhibition.