My eyes hurt from looking without seeing (Me duelen los ojos de mirar sin verte), is an exploration in which the artist invites the audience to inhabit that space between the seen and the absent, where absence is not lack, but an echo that resounds in the centre of each gaze.
Inspired by the film Pena, penita, pena (1953) by Miguel Morayta, Segovia reinterprets the codes of Spanish golden cinema to develop a visual narrative in which his characters look towards an empty stage, evoking the presence of Lola Flores. In this play of presences and absences, the painting becomes a space of symbolic construction in which the figure of the artist transcends representation and becomes part of the collective imagination.
The exhibition incorporates scenographic elements that subvert cinematographic logic and transform the spectator into an active protagonist. Andalusian folklore, with its dramatic and performative charge, structures the proposal both aesthetically and emotionally. The copla and flamenco not only serve as cultural references, but also reinforce the idea that absence can become a powerful symbol.
Me duelen los ojos de mirar sin verte proposes an active gaze in which the unseen takes on meaning. As in film, the absent defines the present, and in this play of evocations, Segovia reminds us that absence is not an emptiness, but a trace that remains.