Guillermo Lorca. Beyond the wonder heralds the entry of the talented Chilean artist Guillermo Lorca (b.1984) into the European institutional art system, presenting for the first time in a European public museum a body of work that explores his surreal, seductive, and at times disturbing psycho-pictorial universe.

A series of large-scale paintings projects the visitors into a dimension “other”, by exploring themes such as faith, death, tradition, identity, and family, drawing inspiration from the world of dreams, fairy tales, and folklore. In his compositions, human figures—often children or young girls—coexist with wild or exotic animals such as wolves, bears, birds, tigers, and panthers, creating a contrast between innocence and ferocity. This dreamlike universe evokes a sense of wonder, but also of latent danger. These images also recall Baroque aesthetics, thanks to a masterful use of chiaroscuro and theatrical compositional techniques.

Lorca’s main influences include Baroque, Rococo, Symbolism, and Surrealism. To explore the unconscious and the darker sides of the human psyche—”beyond wonder,” as it were—his art also draws inspiration from a variety of archaeological references and even Japanese art, creating an original and personal perception of the contemporary world poised between past and present. Constantly journeying between dream and reality, Lorca leads us to places where the sublime and the grotesque dance and intertwine in a disturbing harmony, inviting the viewer to transcend the limits of possibility.

This original exhibition is based on a common thread that has always run through the Chilean master’s work, including works ranging from his earliest works from 2012 to his latest unpublished works from 2025, thus establishing a poetic and stylistic coherence. The exhibition features 17 large canvases from prestigious international collections.