Description
PEREZ SIQUIER
Book Summary
This exhibition catalogue offers a comprehensive overview of the career of Carlos Pérez Siquier (1930), a key figure in Spanish photographic modernity. The work explores his two fundamental facets: his initial neorealism and his pioneering role in color photography. Through a photographic corpus that combines a liminal and incisive gaze, the book analyzes how the artist, winner of the 2003 National Photography Award, addressed the aesthetic and social debates of his time from an intuitive position that was fully conscious of its own authorship.
What is it about?
The book examines the artistic evolution of Carlos Pérez Siquier, from his early approaches to neorealism to his establishment as a pioneer of color photography in Spain. The work is structured around his ability to occupy a liminal position, observing reality from the margins, and how this perspective allowed him to develop a unique, profound, and incisive look at the debates of his time. Despite starting from an intuitive conception of photography, without prior academic training, Pérez Siquier forged a body of work that proved fundamental to the professionalization of the medium in Spain and the introduction of color as an artistic language.
Key Themes
- Spanish photographic modernity and the professionalization of the medium.
- Photographic neorealism as an initial creative stage.
- Pioneering work in color photography within the Spanish context.
- Liminal gaze and conscious authorship from a peripheral position.
- Aesthetic and social debates in 20th-century Spain through photography.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at photographers, art historians, students of photography and visual communication, as well as collectors and enthusiasts of contemporary photography interested in the evolution of the medium in Spain. It will also be of great interest to those who wish to learn about the work of one of the undisputed benchmarks of national and international photography.
What this book offers
- It provides a complete and contextualized journey through the two key stages of Pérez Siquier's work.
- It allows for an understanding of the transition from neorealism to color as an artistic language in Spanish photography.
- It provides a critical view of the photographer's position as a conscious author from an intuitive and marginal perspective.
- It includes an in-depth analysis of how Pérez Siquier's work engages with the aesthetic and social debates of his era.
Technical Specifications
- Author: GOLLONET CARNICERO, CARLOS; GOYTISOLO, JUAN; MARTIN, CARLOS
- Publisher: FUNDACION MAPFRE
- Language: English
- Subject: Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, Photographers, Modern and contemporary fiction
- Collection: EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
- Edition Date: May 2022
- Number of pages: 288
- Weight: 1650 g
Editorial Review
This catalogue serves as a reference tool for the study of Carlos Pérez Siquier, presenting his dual contribution to neorealism and color photography in a rigorous and well-documented manner. The work is especially valuable for its ability to place the photographer at the center of the debates on Spanish photographic modernity, offering a critical and contextualized reading of his career. It is, without a doubt, an essential publication for those seeking to understand the evolution of the photographic medium in Spain through the eyes of one of its pioneers.