Diaz Alama CANTO XX. The Magicians and Fo

In **“CANTO XX. The Magicians and Fo,”** Jordi Diaz Alama brings a contemporary, painterly intelligence to an epic literary source, translating allegory into a charged visual theatre. Working with virtuosic draftsmanship and layered paint handling, the artist fuses Old Master discipline—dramatic chiaroscuro, sculptural anatomy, and compositional torque—with the urgency of present-day figuration.

The scene’s metamorphic bodies and spellbound gestures evoke themes of deception, power, and moral consequence, positioning the work within a broader European tradition of narrative painting while resisting illustration through ambiguity and psychological depth.

Diaz Alama’s approach foregrounds materiality and myth, offering a culturally resonant meditation on how stories endure, mutate, and speak to contemporary anxieties.

Jordi Diaz Alamà was born in Granollers in 1986, he graduated from the Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona. He also trained at the classical art schools, such as the Florence Academy of Art (Florence) where he learned the techniques used by the great masters of 19th-century painting.

Jordi consolidated his training during a series of stays with contemporary masters of realism such as the Norwegian painter Odd Nerdrum , Guillermo Muñoz Vera as well as Antonio López .

Jordi is the Director of The Barcelona Arts Academy here’s a link to Take a tour with Jordi of the academy and here i…