2020 Exhibitions
Photography and sculpture in a year when COVID-19 has also been prominent
6 exhibitions in 2020
Paul Strand
Wall Street, New York, 1915
Fundación MAPFRE Collections © Aperture Foundation Inc., Paul Strand Archive
Paul Strand
The exhibition displays a wide selection (110 images) from Strand’s set of photographs in the Foundation’s collection, the most complete of the author in European institutions.
ill Brandt
Cuckmere River, 1963
Private Collection
© Courtesy of Bill Brandt Archive and Edwynn Houk Gallery
Bill Brandt
An apprentice in Man Ray’s studio and influenced in his origins by artists such as Brassaï, André Kertész or Eugène Atget, Bill Brandt (Hamburg, 1904-London, 1983), one of the founders of modern photography, conceives the photographic language as a powerful means of contemplation and understanding of reality, but always from a primacy of aesthetic considerations over documentaries. Published in the press or in books, some of his photographs quickly became iconic pieces, indispensable to understanding mid-century English society.
Lee Friedlander
New York, 1963
© Lee Friedlander, courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
Lee Friedlander
The exhibition proposes a complete chronological tour of his extensive work, highlighting some of his most significant projects, such as American Monuments, and with a notable presence of publications (one of the aspects of his career to which Friedlander himself has always dedicated a special attention) and other documentary materials where you can learn about the complex work of one of the most influential photographers of our time.
Rodin-Giacometti
Despite being separated by more than a generation, there are similarities and discrepancies between the creative careers of Auguste Rodin and Alberto Giacometti that are revealed for the first time in this joint exhibition which can be enjoyed at our Fundación MAPFRE Recoletos Exhibition Hall until 23 August 2020.
Richard Learoyd
Horse Head, 2012
© Richard Learoyd. Courtesy of the artist and of the Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
Richard Learoyd
After a period in our Barcelona exhibition hall and then the Fotomuseum Den Haag in The Hague, the show was available to enjoy in our Fundación MAPFRE Bárbara de Braganza Exhibition Hall until 24 May.
Carlos Pérez Siquier
Marbella, 1974
© Carlos Pérez Siquier
Pérez Siquier
This exhibition aims to serve as an extensive retrospective of his most distinguished series carried out between 1957 and 2018 and includes a substantial number of unpublished images and documentary material that enrich the understanding of his work. The show is open to the public at our Fundación MAPFRE Casa Garriga Nogués Exhibition Hall in Barcelona until 17 January, 2020.