Neus Dalmau (Barcelona, ​​​​1960) earned her living as a graphic designer. As an artist, she moved in the underground world, to prevent the art market from endangering her "most genuine expression," as Dalmau herself says on the occasion of the exhibition that Palau Foundation of Caldes d'Estrac dedicates until October 19, entitled The Verdaguer force and curated by Joan Puigdefàbrega. Dalmau claims that due to a deep inferiority complex, he would never have dared knock on the door of an institution like the Fundació Palau, but his life took a dramatic turn a couple of years ago. A week after burying his mother, Dalmau was diagnosed with a brain tumor. "The first thing I thought about was not losing what I've done, so I cataloged all my work. I saw that it was all beautiful, and I decided that before I died I would explain it," says Dalmau.