On the occasion of Madrid’s art galleries joint opening this season, included in the event Opening 2011, the Heinrich Ehrhardt Gallery is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of artist Kiko Pérez (Vigo, 1982).

In spite of his young age, in the past few years Pérez’s work has built up quite a bit of momentum and been seen in many circles thanks to numerous interventions, projects and exhibitions of all kinds, both in Spain and abroad, one of which was On the Razor’s Edge, a group show at this very gallery during the 2009-2010 season.

For the present exhibition, the artist proposes a straightforward view on materials, techniques and procedures; their intended uses and alleged rules; as well as the different styles of execution and the finish that he applies to his work according to its nature by presenting a large sculpture, a mural and several works on paper. With the witty title hi-please-thanks-see you later, which refers to the cliché of social relationships and the ease with which we form stereotypes for everything, Kiko Pérez loosens up the strictness of some of the prevailing aesthetic premises in the history of the modern age and turns their values upside down.