Curating Stereotypes: Institutionality, Tourism, and Digital Images in Joan Fontcuberta’s The Artist and the Photograph
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Cristian Soler ReyesStanford University, Estados UnidosORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1255-8819
Abstract
In this work I analyze The Artist and the Photograph, an artwork by Joan Fontcuberta. In the first part, I examine the strategies that Fontcuberta employs, in his purported role as a curator, to create a narrative for the images he is presenting. Secondly, I consider how these exhibitions turn the art of a few artists of Catalan origin into an art that represents the Spanish nation as a whole. Finally, I analyze how Fontcuberta infiltrates various cultural institutions to reflect on the role they play and how they relate to other social phenomena, such as tourism and the entertainment industry.
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