“Barcelona painter Ernest Compta Llinàs on reinventing himself after the 2008 crisis, an expressive portrait style that arrived fully formed, and why every imaginary woman he paints is really a self-portrait.”

“French sculptor Marc Sparfel on how Barcelona's discarded street furniture sparked his reinvention — from tribal-inspired wooden masks to abstract 'architectonical landscapes' built on pure energy and intuition.”

“Serbian-born, Barcelona-based painter Valentina Brostean on trading commercial design for pure expression, her 'alchemical' blank-canvas process, and the personal mythology of strong feminine figures and humanoid guardians that fills her house-museum.”