"Razón y ciudad" shows the direct and descriptive work of photographer Manolo Laguillo. Until next September 15th, the Museo ICO will exhibit the artist work, which makes a visual trip through city transformations in Madrid and Barcelona, and its surroundings.

Curated by Valentín Roma, and designed by architect Juan Herreros, the exhibition "Razón y ciudad" takes a deep look at the 35-year photographic production of Manolo Laguillo, in five theme-chronological sections that goes from his firsts images, taken during the 70s, to a selection of recent work, where the current investigation process of the photographer can be seen.

The title "Razón y ciudad" highlights the importance of the metropolitan document in photographers work and, at the same time, it refers to a common feature of cities pictured by Laguillo: all of them show human intervention effects, processes or results of different ways of planning. The city looks like the result of decisions and tests that modifies its own evolution, and sometimes introducing parameters which lead to proportion and continuity but, more often, expressing sort of a rational absence.

The catalogue for this exhibition includes texts by Valentín Roma, Juan Herreros, Alberto Martín, Laurga González Flores, Iván de la Nuez and Javier Pérez Andújar, who analyze Laguillo's evolution and his position in recent Spanish photography. The publication is completed with texts written by Laguillo just for this project.

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Dates.- From 21th June to 15th September 2013.
Lugar.- Museo ICO. Zorrilla, 3. Madrid. Spain.
Horario.- tuesday to saturday: from 11'00 to 20'00h. Sunday and off days: from 10'00 to 14'00h. Closed on Monday.

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Manolo Laguillo (Madrid, 1953) es catedrático de fotografía en la Facultad de Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Barcelona. Entre 1986 y 1992 fue profesor invitado de fotografía en la Hochschule für Bildende Künste (Escuela Superior de Artes Plásticas) de Braunschweig, Alemania.

Desde los comienzos de su carrera (1976) hasta hoy ha realizado más de cuarenta exposiciones individuales y ha participado en más de sesenta exposiciones colectivas, entre las que cabe destacar Open Spain (1992, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, y Jardín Botánico, Madrid, más itinerancia por EE. UU. y España) y Cuatro Direcciones (1991, Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, más itinerancia por España, Europa y América).

Hay obra suya en diversas colecciones privadas de Europa y América, así como en la Biblioteca Nacional Francesa, París; CAC Granit, Belfort (Francia); FRAC Lyon (Francia); Museo del Papel, Capellades; Consejo Mexicano de la Fotografía, México D.F.; Arxiu d’Art Contemporani, Terrassa; Xarxa Cultural, Barcelona; Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona; MNAC, Barcelona; MNCARS, Madrid.; Colección Pública del Ayuntamiento de Alcorcón (Madrid); MACBA, Barcelona.

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