Manolo Laguillo. Razón y ciudad
25/06/2013.
Museo ICO [MAD] Spain. 21/06 > 15/09/2013
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"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.
Bar Izquierdo. 1979, Barcelona. © Manolo Laguillo/Visual VEGAP. Courtesy of Cano Estudio. Click above to see larger image.
Entenza-Diagonal. 1982, Barcelona. © Manolo Laguillo/Visual VEGAP. Courtesy of Cano Estudio.
Passeig de Sant Joan junto al Arc de Triomf. 1980, Barcelona. © Manolo Laguillo/Visual VEGAP. Courtesy of Cano Estudio. Click above to see larger image.
Nacimiento de la Diagonal. 1980, Barcelona. © Manolo Laguillo/Visual VEGAP. Courtesy of Cano Estudio. Click above to see larger image.
Portería de fútbol junto al puerto. 1979, Barcelona. © Manolo Laguillo/Visual VEGAP. Courtesy of Cano Estudio. Click above to see larger image.
Consecuencias de la gota fría. 1983, Bilbao. © Manolo Laguillo/Visual VEGAP. Courtesy of Cano Estudio. Click above to see larger image.
Tónica Schweppes. 1978, Barcelona. © Manolo Laguillo/Visual VEGAP. Courtesy of Cano Estudio
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
Manolo Laguillo (Madrid, 1953) is Photography professor in the University of Barcelona. Between 1986 and 1992, he was Photography visiting professor in the Hochschule für Bildende Künste of Braunschweig, Germany.
Since the beginnings of his career (1976) and until today, he has exhibited his work in more than 40 individual exhibitions, and has also participated in more than 60 collective exhibitions, highlighting Open Spain (1992, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, and Jardín Botánico, Madrid, added to traveling through the US and Spain) and "Cuatro Direcciones" (1991, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, added to traveling through Spain, Europe and America).
His works are held in many private collections in Europe and America, as well as the France National Library, París; CAC Granit, Belfort, France; FRAC Lyon, France, Museo de Papel, Capellades; Consejo Mexicano de la Fotografía, Mexico DF; Arxiu d'Art Contemporani, Terrasa, Spain; Xarxa Cultural, Barcelona, Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona; IFEMA, Madrid, MNAC Barcelona, MNCARS, Madrid, MACBA, Barcelona.
