Break Old Habits

In his work we can perceive the influence of light—and its shadows—and the places where he has lived: from the clarity of his native Barcelona and the one that bathes the Canary Islands, where he spent a childhood marked by contact with nature. From the gloominess of Germany, the country where he was trained as an artist, to the golden luminosity of Italy, the place where he acquired maturity as a painter. It is in this contrast and tension that he walks, as if he had naturally merged the Tuscan Renaissance with the Bauhaus, connecting by means of invisible bridges with his Atlantic and Mediterranean roots. Everything Pepe Moll de Alba creates is elegant and sensual, but it is in his honesty and audacity that his modernity lies. Break Old Habits manages to make an autobiographical manifesto a universal theme that invites us to go deeper into ourselves, making a story that makes more sense than ever in the present moment.

"Pepe Moll de Alba starts from an autobiographical manifesto to invite the reader to delve into himself and create his own story" —Elena Burés, El Español
 

"… as a bold contrast, the creative commitment of Pepe Moll de Alba (1966), materialized in an exhibition that, with the title 'Break old habits', connects with Goya, one of his references, and his time." —El Periódico

 

"That is why I take the image of the rococo wig as a starting point, because we are living through a time of changes very similar to the French Revolution, which is manifest, clearly, in the continuous digital revolution that we are experiencing. In this sense, I think that phrase perfectly captures that idea of ??being between two worlds, because we are in a very difficult transition period about which I raise several questions: How to stay intact in the face of the storm? What do I do to get ahead with so much change?" —Pepe Moll de Alba

Pepe Moll de Alba studied painting in Munich, graphic design and illustration in Stuttgart, and finished his artistic training in Rome. He has held exhibitions in Barcelona, Valencia, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and Perugia. He lives and works between Barcelona and Tuscany.