The exhibition ’50 photographs with history’ arrives at the CEART of Fuenlabrada, in Madrid
A new itinerancy marks the route that in the last five years has made the exhibition ’50 Photographs with History’. At the Tomás y Valiente Cultural Center in Fuenlabrada now comes this exhibition that had its starting point in the homonymous book published in 2017 by Signo editores and in the collaboration between Acción Cultural Española (Government of Spain) and the City Council of Fuenlabrada.
On September 8, the exhibition was inaugurated in room A of CEART, curated by José María Díaz-Maroto and Gonzalo Revidiego, which proposes a journey through the last 80 years of photography in Spain, becoming an essential sample to address the history of the genre. “Each photograph selected is the reflection of an era, of a way of understanding photography and, of course, of its corresponding social or humanist charge. (1)”
Fifty photographers of great prestige are part of the exhibition from a masterful selection of pieces, among which are Joana Biarnés, Francesc Català Roca, Agustí Centelles, José María Mellado, Ángel Marcos, Gabriel Cualladó, Joan Fontcuberta, Cristina García Rodero, Alberto García-Alix, Elisa González Miralles, Ouka Leele, Chema Madoz, Ramón Masats, Cristina de Middel, Sofía Moro, Nicolás Muller, Isabel Muñoz, etc … In his snapshots a journey is made through the various genres of photographic language: photojournalism, portraiture, landscape to social photography.
The tour begins with the Civil War, continues with the Postwar, the Transition, the opening to the outside of the country and its artists in the 90s and so on until today. Among the 50 photographs that make up the exhibition, there are 17 National Photography Awards and 2 Plastic Arts Awards.
As a novelty, in the exhibition, you can enjoy a selection of 5 printed pieces, in addition, in large format, among which the piece “Blue Chevy and couple dancing” (2016) by José María Mellado stands out. Also, as a new edition of the publication has been announced, it will see the light as part of the exhibition.
Until February 2024 you can visit the exhibition that will also have a very interesting program of guided tours, talks-colloquium and other activities about ’50 photographs with history’.
From September 8, 2023 to February 21, 2024 in Room A of CEART
Free admission.
Schedule: Friday and eve of festivities from 17 to 21 h
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Links:
https://ceartfuenlabrada.es/exposicion-50-fotografias-con-historia/
https://exposicion.50fotografiasconhistoria.es/visita-guiada/
https://www.ayto-fuenlabrada.es/web/portal/w/exposicion-50-fotograf%C3%ADas-con-historia-07092023