Contemporary figurative sculpture with influences from expressionism, primitive art, classical monumentality, and raw material experimentation.

In this outdoor exhibition, Thomas Houseago (UK 1972) transforms the garden into a landscape of monumental bodies, fragmented forms, and exposed structures.

The sculptures reveal their own construction — rough surfaces, visible frameworks, unfinished textures — as if the process itself were part of the artwork.

You’re watching:

• Human figures that feel both ancient and contemporary
• Monumental forms filled with vulnerability
• Sculptures balancing weight, emptiness, and movement
• Works that change dramatically depending on light, distance, and surrounding nature

The result feels physical, emotional, and almost mythological.

Yes — especially if you want to experience sculpture beyond the museum pedestal.

Because Houseago’s work reconnects sculpture with the body — imperfect, exposed, emotional.

Placed outdoors, the works gain another dimension: weather, shadows, trees, and architecture become part of the experience itself.

And seeing contemporary sculpture in dialogue with the calm atmosphere of the garden creates a rare kind of encounter in the middle of Madrid.

Walk around every sculpture completely → the works transform from each angle

Visit at different times of day if possible → shadows dramatically change the experience

Don’t only look at the figures → observe the materials and exposed structures

Take distance first, then move close → scale is essential to the emotional effect.