El bramido de la Tierra [The roar of the Earth] is a solo exhibition by visual artist Luis Moro (Segovia, 1969), conceived for MUSAC and curated by Fernando Castro Flórez. The exhibition presents large-format paintings alongside drawings and process-based materials.

If in some of his actions Luis Moro has literally sent out an “S.O.S.” message, he now unveils an extraordinary “fauna” that calls for a less aggressive attitude towards the world we share. What must be “saved” is the soul of the world, that creature which Moro links to the anima.

To a great extent, his works seek to reveal the relentless process of metamorphosis in life, with the butterfly taking on an almost totemic presence. Its wings, drawn with a certain reminiscence of Dürer’s naturalistic depictions, attempt to lift us up in a globally depressive moment. Perhaps delving into archetypes, the artist reinterprets the foundational myth of painting as the drawing of shadows and the anticipation of sorrow at the loss of a loved one, while continuing to energise his imagination to craft hopeful symbolism in an unhinged era.