Description
BLEDA Y ROSA (CATALAN)
Book Summary
This catalog, published for the retrospective exhibition at Fundación MAPFRE, offers a comprehensive overview of the trajectory of María Bleda and José María Rosa, two key figures in contemporary Spanish photography. Through ambitious research conducted over three decades, the work explores the links between image, territory, and memory, bringing together the complete collection of their artistic production to date for the first time.
What is it about?
The book documents the exhaustive exploration Bleda and Rosa have carried out regarding the landscape as a complex and multifaceted concept. Throughout their projects, the artists have traveled to various countries to photograph places charged with history, where time and human action have left their mark. The work analyzes how photography can interrogate collective memory, the transformation of territory, and the construction of identity through the image. The catalog presents complete series, critical texts, and documentary material that contextualize their creative process.
Main themes
- Contemporary photography and landscape as a cultural construction
- Relationship between image, historical memory, and territory
- Artistic research on the imprint of time in geographic space
- Visual documentation processes of symbolic places
- Evolution of photographic practice over three decades of production
Who is it recommended for?
It is aimed at professionals and enthusiasts of contemporary photography, students of art and visual disciplines, curators and researchers interested in the landscape as an artistic subject, as well as collectors and followers of Bleda and Rosa's work. It is also of interest to those studying the intersections between art, memory, and geography.
What this book provides
- Access to the complete work of two fundamental artists of current Spanish photography, gathered for the first time in a single volume
- Deep understanding of their work methodology and artistic research processes
- Critical contextualization of their trajectory through specialized texts and documentary material
- Analysis of the connections between photography, history, and landscape transformation
Technical specifications
- Author: DAHO, MARTA; MARTIN, ALBERTO; SOTO CALDERON, ANDREA
- Publisher: FUNDACION MAPFRE
- Language: cat
- Subject: EXHIBITION CATALOGS AND SPECIFIC COLLECTIONS, PHOTOGRAPHERS
- Collection: EXHIBITION CATALOG
- Publication date: June 2022
- Number of pages: 376
- Weight: 1882 g
Editorial assessment
This retrospective catalog constitutes an essential reference work for gaining an in-depth understanding of Bleda and Rosa's production. Its value lies in offering a panoramic and rigorous view of three decades of work, with meticulous editorial treatment that includes high-quality reproductions and analytical texts. It is an ideal publication both for specialists and for any reader interested in the possibilities of photography as a tool for inquiry into landscape and memory.