Since 2020, Dalmau has been working on Evolution: layered wall objects that emerge from an intensive process of overpainting, sanding and rebuilding.Since 2020, Dalmau has been working on Evolution: layered wall objects that emerge from an intensive process of overpainting, sanding and rebuilding. Earlier paintings do not disappear — they remain hidden beneath new layers of paint and matter. In this way the works become contemporary palimpsests: tangible carriers of memory, time and transformation.
In the most recent works, subtle impressions of sunlight, sea and dune landscapes resonate — not as literal representation, but as an atmospheric quality in colour and composition. Dalmau investigates identity as something in constant motion: built from experiences, emotions and layered memories. The dense accumulation of material, pigment and resin gives the works an almost architectural density, while at the same time a inner, atmospheric space remains palpable. The square compositions resist a fixed reading direction and open up a free mental space in which each viewer can develop their own interpretation.