Solo en la Cama estaba el León

Solo en la Cama esta el Léon (Alone in Bed Is the Chameleon) is a title that plays with language, concealing its own protagonist: an animal that, like the phrase itself, attempts to camouflage, dissolve into its surroundings, and remain unnoticed.

The chameleon—native to southern Spain and the only arboreal saurian in Andalusia—becomes here both subject and metaphor.

The sculpture presents two identical chameleons embracing a small branch, their bodies curled together on a slab of slate. Their entwined forms generate an image that recalls an infinity sign—at once sensual and symbolic—suggesting a reciprocal, homoerotic bond between identical bodies.

Cast in translucent polyester resin, their bodies allow light to pass through them, enhancing their capacity to merge with the environment. Visibility becomes unstable: what is seen is already in the process of disappearing.

Despite its delicacy and beauty, the work points to a fragile condition. The chameleon, a singular and elusive species, is today at risk of extinction.