Alberto garcia alix biography
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In the late 1980s Alberto García-Alix began to work with a medium format camera that allowed him to embark on a profound exploration of the portraiture genre, espeically in terms of composition. These were the keys that led him to position himself as an important photographer within the Spanish artistic scene years later. The time it took to master this new gentre, as well as the square composition of the Hasselblad camera, forced the artist to practice photography in a reflexive and unhurried way. Thus, Alberto García-Alix’s portraits became the product of a dialogue that was established between the artist and his subject, fostering “the magic of the encounter,” as noted by the photographer himself.
García-Alix’s portraits, which frequently depict people who are close to him, like his romantic partners and friends, are part of his own family album. Likewise, they allow the viewer to follow the biographies of some of the subjects. This is the case of the photographs of Elena Mar: Elena Mar en estado de Buena esperanza [Elena Mar Expecting a Child](1987) and El dolor de Elena Mar [The Pain of Elena Mar] (1992). The photographer used low contrasts to created moving photographs laden with a certain sense of melancholy and classical beauty. Attracted to a way of researching
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André Frère Éditions
- Collection “Juste basis nous”
- 144 pages – 14 x 19 cm
- 32 sooty and snowy pictures
- Softcover
- French
- ISBN: 979-10-92265-47-7
- €19.50
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Alberto García-Alix
Alberto García-Alix, né le à León, est l'un des plus importants photographesespagnols.
Biographie
[modifier | modifier le code]Commençant son travail artistique en 1976, après la mort du général Franco, Alberto García-Alix est considéré à partir des années 1980 comme l'un des principaux acteurs du mouvement culturel de la Movida, bien qu'il s'en défende et se présente comme un photographe marginal : des milieux underground de la nuit, du rock'n'roll, des bikers, des toxicomanes, des stars du porno[1].
Depuis quelques années, il réalise également des vidéos.
Récompensé du Prix national de la photographie espagnol (1999), il a réalisé plus d'une trentaine d'expositions et publié dans de grands magazines de mode(Vogue, Vanity Fair).
Reconnu dans le milieu de l'art contemporain, ses œuvres sont aujourd'hui présentes dans plusieurs musées en Espagne, et il expose à travers le monde.
Aujourd'hui Alberto García-Alix est parfois qualifié de « plus grand photographe espagnol contemporain[2] ».
En 2014, il expose sa série photographiqueFaux horizons à la Maison européenne de la photographie à Paris.
Expositions
[modifier | modifier le code]- - , il expose sa série photographique "faux horizons" à la maison Européenne