‘SOBREMESA’ my solo exhibition at @palazzomonti on view until September 20th, by appointment only. “No one shall stand up from the table, except for urgent needs. It is obligatory to pause after the last pieces of dessert, crumpled napkins, empty glasses and stray cutlery. Let’s enjoy the magic spell of conviviality. In sum, the Sobremesa. Spanish term, like Spanish is Ignasi Monreal (Barcelona, 1990) who celebrates it, and indicates the ‘dolce far niente’, a pleasant idleness at the dining table, after having eaten a meal. A term impossible to translate, but what is the use of translating an art appreciated and practiced by all of us Mediterraneans? Long live postprandial relax. We find ourselves in front of a laden table, fresh from an evening whose traces are visible in the wine glasses more empty than full, an overflowing ashtray and everything that populates the cheerful battlefield that we call ‘summer dinner with friends in Italy’. Everything, except the plates and trays, replaced overnight by hyperrealistic reproductions, oil on oval and round-shaped canvases, 1 to 1 scale with the original delicacies. We find them set up on the walls, together with other painted dining tables, that immortalize what remains of intimate banquets. A celebration of life, of well-deserved rest, of this ritual that we carry out three times a day, throughout our life, sometimes in a hurry, sometimes calmly, with friends or alone, standing or lying on the grass. Monreal was born in Barcelona, but like so many artists today, he has lived everywhere. He passed through Lisbon and London, travelled the world, spent a few months even in Rome. And it is in Italy where he began to paint on canvas, after years of work as an illustrator and digital artist. [...] After years of collaborating with companies and brands in every corner of the globe, Ignasi takes a reflective break, and we stop with him to understand that it is not only important what we eat, but how.” Curated by @edoardomonti With the support of @ruinart Photos by @petro_gilberti