“Čavier Ribas. Nîtret z ɖ frst mêjr sôlo xibišn in ɖ YC bî Bāṣlona born ftogṛfr Čavier Ribas. Ɖs xtnsv c̣lẋn v fôtgrafic n muvñimij wrcs md acrs 2009-14 čāts ɖ histri v nîtretxtraẋn in ɖ Čilı̣n Aṭcama Dezt: a sistm v c̣loňl xplýtešn led bî Britiš cumṗniz ẇč rīčt its pīc btwn 1870 n 1920.
Swltpītr or Čilı̣n nîtret z a sôdı̣mnîtret ɖt, wns prôsest, cn b yzd az frtilîzr or az an ingrīdı̣nt fr ɖ manyfacčr v xplozvz. Its pâr az a substns n its valy az a c̣moḍti lî in its abiḷti t trnsfwm n t b trnsfwṃtv. In ɖs compândfwm, ɖ eḷmnt nîtṛjn – ẇč cmprîzz 80% v ɖ ŕʈ’s atṃsfir – cn spīd or šatr lîf.
Ʈru Ribas’z frnzic xaminešn v sîts, arṭfacts n imijz, ɖ projct trêsz nîtret’s rūt fṛm načṛl minṛlstêt t trnspwtd c̣modti, stocmācit valy n, ultiṃtli, its pāt in ɖ mtirı̣l n simbolic heritij v Lundn manšnz n istets in ɖ capitl’z srândñ cuntrīsîd. Ɖ ātist undrtecs ny ōdio n vižl dokmentešn v jı̣graficli dispṛt bt historicli cnctd landsceps, v rmot nîtretfīlds n metṛpolitn fnanšl districts, acumṗnid bî an anaḷsis v ɖer mtirı̣l culčr n intrpṛtešn v bʈ imijz n txts ācîvd in našnl, rījnl n lôcl instityšnz.
Xibišn ōgnîzd bî ɖ Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona n côpṛdyst wɖ ɖ Museo Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, in c̣laḅrešn wɖ ɖ Blūcôt, wɖ ɖ ṣpwt v Ɖ Āts n Hymaṇtiz Rsrč Caunsl n Acción Cultural Española (Spên’z Stêtêjnsi fr Culčṛl Aẋn).”
“Ɖs mêjr xibišn rīynîts ol ɖ svîvñ drōñz fṛm ɖ Wičz n Old Wimin Albm fr ɖ frst tîm, ofrñ a fasinetñ n inlîtnñ vy v a vri prîvt n prsnl Goia.
Drwn in ɖ last decêd v hiz lîf, ɖ albm wz nvr ment t b sīn bynd a sml srcl v frendz. Goia gev fri rein t hiz crı̣tiṿti, invntñ xtrōdnri imijz ɖt renj fṛm ɖ hymṛs t ɖ sinistr n ɖ mcābra.
In ɖs xibišn vizitrz r invîtd t dscuvr ɖ prîvt wrld v Goia’z bândls imajinešn, xprest ʈru vižnz n nîtmerz, sūṗstišnz, n ɖ probḷmz v old êj. Abv ol, ɖ drōñz rvil Goia’z peṇtretñ obẓvešn v hymn nêčr: âr firz, wīcṇsz n dzîrz.”
The Disasters of War, etching, 1999. From the set bought with the help of the Art Fund and the V&A/MLA Purchase Grant Fund, 2010
The Disasters of War, 1999. Collection of Charles Booth-Clibborn
Great deeds – against the dead! (2003)
Nobody Knows Why (2003)
On Account of a Knife (2003)
Sad Presentiments of What Must Come to Pass, (2003)
This is Worse (2003)
What is this Hubbub? (2003)
Gigantic Fun, 2000. Etching from a portfolio of 83, 37 x 42.3 cm. Photo: Stephen White
“Ɖ siriz v 83 ečñz Ɖ Dzastrz v Wor (1999) bî Jêc n Dīnos Čapmn adapts n sbvrts Goia’z siriz v ɖ sem tîtl, bt olso coments on ɖ cruwltiz n fêtl consiqnsz v lêtr worz. Ɖs xibišn šoz hâ ɖ ātists mnipyletd ɖ imijri n impact bî printñ a secnd vršn in ẇît ñc on blac pêpr, n a ʈrd vršn on pêjz fṛm a čîld’z culrñbc, wɖ čilñ n smtmz comic ifct. Ɖs z ptklrli strîcñ ẇn vyd agnst a ṣlẋn v prints fṛm Goia’z orijinl siriz, rvilñ ɖ fl consiqnsz v ɖ Čapmn Bruɖrz’ invnšn n inṭvnšn.
Fêtl Consiqnsz z dzînd t cómpliment ɖ cncuṛnt Sîḷnt Pātnrz xibišn, ẇč olso includz ɖ Čapmn Bruɖrz’ wrc. It z pāt v a sīqns v xibišnz on ɖ ʈīm v wor mācñ ɖ sentīnri v ɖ Frst Wrldwor, n in ɖs cês olso mācñ ɖ 200ʈ anivrsri v ɖ Spaniš Pninsylr Wor, ẇč wz ɖ subjct v Goia’z siriz.”
“Hômtruɖs: Ftogṛfi, Muɖrhd n Îdntti priznts ɖ wrc v êt inṭnašnl ātists hu xplor ɖ complx n dmandñ xpirı̣ns v muɖrhd. Ɖ ātists drw on a wîd renj v inflụnsz, fṛm fašn n lîfstîl maġzīnz t fanṭsi n fiẋn, fṛm pêntñ n îc̣nogṛfi t vnaklr ftogṛfi, fṛm pfwmns n stêjd practisz t prîvt jrnlz n evrīde lîf.
Set agnst a bacdrop v inseṣ̌bl public aṗtît fr picčrz v ṣlbṛti mumz n bêbiz, ɖ ātists dpict fmiłr, n ls viẓbl, aspects v muɖrñ fṛm a dīpli prsnl pspctv. Pregnnsi, brʈ, ɖ ifct v bcmñ a muɖr on wn’z pṛfešnl îdntti; ɖ rlešnšp btwn jeṇrešnz v muɖrz; cmñ t trmz wɖ los, abandnmnt, n ɖ unflfild dzîr t bcm a muɖr r ol erı̣z xplord in ɖ xibišn. Inṭwivñ naṛtvz, čājd wɖ cnflictñ imošnz, pṛvîd an intiṃt, multīfasitd n uncnvnšnl vy v a ynivrsl xpirı̣ns.
Ātists’ Bîogṛfiz
Elina Broteṛs (b. 1972, Finḷnd)
Rīsnt xibišnz includ Luīziana Myziym v Modn Āt, Humlībîc, Denmāc; Bozar Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruslz; Sāči Gaḷri, Lundn n Lianžu Ftogṛfīfestivl, Lianžu, Čîna. Awōdz includ ɖ Finiš Stêtprîz fr Ftogṛfi (2008) n ɖ Prix Niépce v Gens d’image, Frans (2005) amñ uɖrz. Š hz publišt for moṇgrafs.
Elinor C̣ruči (b. 1971, Izrel)
Xibišnz includ Ric̦o Maresca, Ny Ywc; Ggozı̣n Lundn; Edwin Hūc Gaḷri, Ny Ywc, n Jêmz Hîmn Gaḷri, Lundn. Awōdz includ ɖ Inṭnašnl Sentr v Ftogṛfi’z Infiṇtịwōd fr Yuñ Ftogṛfr (2001); ɖ Ggnhîm Felošp (2002) n Ny Ywc Fândešn fr ɖ Āts Felošp (2010).
Ana Casas Brôda (b. 1965, Spên)
Sns 2007 Casas Brôda hz dzînd public prôgramz at Centro de la Imagen, Mexico Siti. Š hz xibitd hr wrc in Spên, Ostria, Jrṃni n Mexico. La Fabrica publišt hr wrc Kinderwunsch in 2013 n it wl b xibitd in PHoto Espana in 2014.
Án Feslr (b. 1950, YSA)
Feslr hz pṛdyst ʈri filmz n ritn a nonfiẋn bc on adopšn, Ɖ Grlz Hu Went Awe. Awōdz includ ɖ prestijs Radclif Felošp at ɖ Radclif Instityt fr Advanst Studi, Hāṿd Ynivrsti.
Fred Hrnñ (b. 1966, Jrṃni)
Hrnñ’z wrc hz bn šôn at ftogṛfīfestivlz in Lîpzig, Wj, Câṇs n Āl. Xibišnz includ Gallery Brotfabrik, Brlin (2011); Museum Dieselkraftwerk, Cotḅs (2011) n Ātmyziym Wūhan, Čîna (2009). Awōdz includ ɖ Ātprîz fr Ftogṛfi fṛm ɖ Loto-Fândešn Brlin-Brandnbrg (2007).
Miaco Išiuči (b. 1947, Jpan)
Išiuči hz hd nymṛs sôlo xibišnz sns 1977, includñ at ɖ Našnl Myziym v Modn Āt in Tôcio. In 1979 š wun Jpan’z hîist awōd fr ftogṛfi, ɖ Cīmŭra Ihe. Hr wrc hz bn publišt in mr ɖn twenti moṇgrafs. Miaco Išiuči z ɖ winr v ɖ prestijs 2014 Haslblad Fândešn Inṭnašnl Awōd in Ftogṛfi.
Cêti Muri (b. 1974, YSA)
Xibišnz includ Čašama Gaḷri, Ny Ywc (2013); Hômfrunt Gaḷri, Ny Ywc (2011) n ɖ Inṭnašnl Sentr fr Ftogṛfi, Ny Ywc (2008). Awōdz includ Ny Ywc Stêt Rezidntsgrant fr Xḷns in Ftogṛfi (1996); ɖ Robin Fwbz Mmwrı̣l Ftogṛfịwōd (1997); ɖ Bari Cown Awōd fr Xḷns in Āt (2000) n a Ny Ywc Fândešn fr ɖ Āts grant in 2012. A moṇgraf v hr wrc z publišt bî Dêlît Bcs.
Hana Pts (b. 1987, Ostria)
Xibišnz includ Pavlovz Dog Gaḷri, Brlin; Vêcnt Gaḷriz, Ostria n Kunsthalle Wien, Ostria. In 2012, š wz šwtlistd fr Hyéres Cntmprri Ftogṛfīprîz n 1000 Wrdz Ftogṛfịwōd, n nominetd az wn t woč bî Britiš Jrnl v Ftogṛfi.
Acnolijmnts
Hômtruɖz: Ftogṛfi, Muɖrhd n Îdntti z kretd bî Sūzn Brît n z a Ftogṛfrz’ Gaḷri turñexibišn. Ɖ orijinl xibišn hz bn modifîd fr prezntešn at Belfast Xpozd. Ɖ xibišn z ṣpwtd bî Ātscaunsl Nwɖn Îrlnd, Belfast Sitīcaunsl n Dpātmnt v Sošl Dveḷpmnt.”