Edward Weston. The matter of shapes
JUNE.12.2025 ──────── AUG.31.2025
Edward Weston
Surf, Bodega, 1937
Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona
© Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents
Exhibition
JUNE.12.2025 ── AUG.31.2025
Where
KBr Photography Center
Avenida Litoral, 30 – 08005 Barcelona
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Opening times:
Mondays (except holidays): Closed.
Tuesday to Sundays (and holidays)*: 11 am – 8 pm
Closed:
December 25th, January 1st and 6th
Limited opening hours:
December 24th and 31th, January 5th: 11 am – 3 pm
General Ticket:
5 €
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Tuesdays (except holidays)
*The evacuation of the hall starts 10 minutes before closing time. Last access (7:30 pm) only allows a 20 minutes tour to the exhibitions.
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Strongly linked to the landscape and cultural history of North America, the work of Edward Weston, in its extreme simplicity and originality, offers a unique perspective on the process of photography’s consolidation as an artistic medium and its significant role within the context of modernity in the visual arts. The exhibition Edward Weston. The matter of shapes is conceived as an anthology that covers the different phases of the artist’s photographic production.
A pioneer in the use of a modern photographic style, his use of the large-format camera resulted in richly detailed black-and-white images of extraordinary sharpness. His technical expertise and attachment to nature and form fostered the development of a body of work that features iconic images of still lifes, nudes, landscapes, and portraits. His images are essential to understanding the new aesthetics and the emerging American lifestyle in the United States during the Interwar period.
Curated by Sergio Mah, the exhibition is composed of around two hundred photographs grouped into seven sections. The exhibition is completed with extensive documentation material and is conceived from a European perspective on the legacy of modern North American photography. An aesthetic and conceptual counterpoint to photographic modernism in Europe, which emerged with the first avant-gardes of the 20th century.
Exhibition organized with the support of the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, Tucson.
Curator: Sergio Mah
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Edward Weston. The matter of forms
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Individual Ticket (includes audioguide)
- Allows to visit Edward Weston. The matter of forms and Joan Andreu Puig Farran. A Decade of Turmoil (1929-1939).
- GENERAL ADMISSION: €5 / REDUCED ADMISSION: €3 (Beneficiaries of reduced admission).
- FREE ADMISSION:
- General Free Admission (€0): Mondays (except holidays) from 2 pm to 8 pm.
- Free admission for eligible groups: Click here to see the groups entitled to free entry and how to obtain these tickets.
- AUDIOGUIDE: All individual ticket types include an audioguide.
- The audioguide is accessible online via a QR code available at various points in the exhibition hall. To access it, you will need a mobile device with internet access. If you do not have an active mobile internet connection, you can use the free Wi-Fi available in the exhibition hall.
- IMPORTANT: To avoid disturbing other visitors, please use the audio guide with headphones, which are not included in the ticket price. For reasons of sustainability, we recommend that visitors bring their own. In case you need to purchase them (1€, jack type), the option is offered during the online ticket purchase process. They can also be purchased at the ticket office (keeping the corresponding queue) and at the bookshop.
- If you choose not to use headphones, please keep your cell phone close to your ear and at a low volume.
MAPFRE Clients
- MAPFRE offers to its policyholders 2 free tickets (4 if Platinum Client) for each exhibition season. To obtain courtesy tickets of MAPFRE, access the online ticket office and follow the purchase process. Tickets are discounted at the end of the purchase process: before payment, the program will request your ID and will automatically activate the free tickets that correspond to you.
- You can also get them at the ticket office in the room, presenting your ID.
- Invitations must be used in a single visit.
- Any question you have, please check these simple Instructions.
- AUDIOGUIDE: All individual ticket types include an audioguide.
- The audioguide is accessible online via a QR code available at various points in the exhibition hall. To access it, you will need a mobile device with internet access. If you do not have an active mobile internet connection, you can use the free Wi-Fi available in the exhibition hall.
- IMPORTANT: To avoid disturbing other visitors, please use the audio guide with headphones, which are not included in the ticket price. For reasons of sustainability, we recommend that visitors bring their own. In case you need to purchase them (1€, jack type), the option is offered during the online ticket purchase process. They can also be purchased at the ticket office (keeping the corresponding queue) and at the bookshop.
- If you choose not to use headphones, please keep your cell phone close to your ear and at a low volume.
Collaborating Entities
- If you belong to any of the entities that collaborate with Fundación MAPFRE, you must obtain your reduced ticket (€1 or €3) at the ticket office in the room.
Audioguides (headphones)
- All individual ticket types include an audioguide.
- The audioguide is accessible online via a QR code available at various points in the exhibition hall. To access it, you will need a mobile device with internet access. If you do not have an active mobile internet connection, you can use the free Wi-Fi available in the exhibition hall.
- IMPORTANT: To avoid disturbing other visitors, please use the audio guide with headphones, which are not included in the ticket price. For reasons of sustainability, we recommend that visitors bring their own. In case you need to purchase them (1€, jack type), the option is offered during the online ticket purchase process. They can also be purchased at the ticket office (keeping the corresponding queue) and at the bookshop.
- If you choose not to use headphones, please keep your cell phone close to your ear and at a low volume.
Groups
- It’s mandatory for the group to have a guide or person in charge. To request a guide from the Foundation, ask please for information and rates to: infokbr@fundacionmapfre.org
- The group must be made up of a minimum of 6 pax and a maximum of 15 pax. (guide included)
- Wednesdays: 4 pm, 5 pm, 6 pm / Thursdays: 11 am, 12 pm, 1 pm / Fridays: 11 am / 1 pm, 4 pm.
- The purchase of the ticket implies acceptance of the Rules for the visit, especially of those indicated for the “Group Visit”.
€3/pax.
Schools
Educational activities for schools are developed entirely in Spanish or Catalan. If you are interested please consult sections Colegios y Familias (spanish) or Col·legis i Families (catalan).
Families
Educational activities for families are developed entirely in Spanish or Catalan. If you are interested please consult sections Colegios y Familias (spanish) or Col·legis i Families (catalan).
IMPORTANT: Before you start the ticket buying process, we strongly recommend that you take into account the following observations:
- This ticket is valid only for the day and time indicated. It will not be possible to enter the hall in advance. Likewise, admission is not guaranteed to visitors who show up at the hall after the reserved time.
- Tickets changes or returns are not allowed except for justified force majeure.
- The purchase of tickets presupposes the acceptance of these Rules for the visit. We recommend reading it before entering the room.
- If your visit is scheduled for late in the afternoon, please remember that the room is cleared 10 minutes before closing time.
- Due to conservation needs, the rooms maintain a constant temperature of 21º, so it is possible that during the visit it is convenient to bring some light warm clothing.
- Fundación MAPFRE is not responsible for the rates, schedules and other information applied on the websites of other entities where tickets for their exhibitions can be purchased.
- Other rates for eligible groups.
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