Ivorypress, Madrid, will be hosting, through July 14, 2012, an exhibition of poorly-advertised volumes, which target the reproduction of photographic series. Revelaciones. Historia del fotolibro en Latinoamerica, puts together almost one hundred years of history, gathered by Horacio Fernandez, commissioner of the showcase.
The photobook has gained momentum among the interests of photographers from all generations, who look for a space to show their entire series, away from the restrictions of gallery spaces, in an effort to be put on the map. On the other hand, publishing houses have given free rein to this mode, which is undoubtedly one of the ideal ways to exhibit pictures and discover authors.
The publication of photobooks has been very intense in Latin America, but barely documented. This fact was conspiring against the history of art, since authentic pieces with renovating contents were falling into the forgiveness grounds. Fernandez contacted public and private libraries, second-hand stores, and bases of bibliographic data, archives and collections in both shores of the Atlantic, supported by photographers Marcelo Brodsky, Ia?ta Canabrava, Pablo Ortiz Monasterio and Martin Parr, as well as editor Ramon Reverte.
The result of this research, El fotolibro latinoamericano, was published in 2011 and this exhibition is based on it. The work, published in Spanish by Editorial RM, in English by Aperture Foundation and Televisa Foundation, in Portuguese by Cosac & Naify and French by Images en Manœuvres, not only allows us to go deeper into each photobook and photographer, but in the polyvalent social, political and artistic history of Latin America.
The exhibition includes dozens of representative issues published in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru and Venezuela; on artists such as Martin Chambi, Claudia Andujar, Alexis Perez Luna, Paolo Gasparini and Paz Errazuriz, among others. Furthermore, it includes historic impressions, original layouts, projections and digitalized copies.
Ivorypress participates with this exhibition in Off PhotoESpan?a Festival. Its journey kicked off in Le Bal (Paris) in January 2012, and after its showcase in the Spanish capital, it is going to be inaugurated at Aperture Foundation (New York), Moreira Sales Institute (Rio de Janeiro) and the Museum of Book and Language (Buenos Aires).
Ivorypress Art + Books Space I
C/ Comandante Zorita 46, Madrid
Source: Press release
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