Research Catalog

Title

25% : Catalonia at Venice / a project curated by Jordi Balló ; from an idea by Francesc Torres ; with Francesc Torres and Mercedes Álvarez.

Publication

Barcelona : Institut Ramon Llull, Generalitat de Catalunya : Ajuntament de Barcelona : Polígrafa, c2013.

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Additional Authors

• Balló, Jordi
• Torres, Francesc, 1948-
• Álvarez, Mercedes, 1966-
• Álvarez, Mercedes, 1966-
• Barcelona (Spain)
• Biennale di Venezia (55th : 2013 : Venice, Italy)

Description

143 p. : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.

Summary

Eight people out of work covering the widest possible social spectrum (a Senegalese man engaged in recycling, a young, overqualified architect, a scientific researcher, a metallurgy worker over 50 years of age, and so on) have been photographed by Francesc Torres as he lived alongside them for one to two weeks. During this period, the artist documented their daily lives, and he has made a large-scale portrait of each of them. They were asked to provide an object from home (a painting, a figure, a reproduction, etc.) that held emotional significance for them. Finally, they each visited the MACBA individually, choosing a work from the museum’s permanent collection and explaining why they had selected it. This foray into the museum was filmed by filmmaker Mercedes Álvarez and will go on to form part of the installation together with Francesc Torres’ photographs and the two objects selected by each subject, one from among his or her possessions and one from the MACBA’s collection.

Alternative Title

Twenty-five percent

Subject

• Torres, Francesc, 1948- > Exhibitions
• Álvarez, Mercedes, 1966- > Exhibitions
• Art, Modern > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Art, Modern > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Unemployment in art > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• exhibition catalogs.
• Exhibition catalogs
• Catalogues d'exposition.

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition held within the 55th Esposizione internazionale d'arte La Biennale di Venezia, at the Cantieri Navali, Venice, Italy June 1-Nov. 24, 2013.

Language (note)

• Text and summary in English.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Synopsis -- 25%. Catalonia at Venice / Jordi Balló -- %'s / Francesc Torres -- Interposed perspectives / Mercedes Álvarez -- Alejandro Roldán -- Aura Jobita Gonzáles -- Cyntia Terrade -- Gessamí Sánchez Ollé -- Joan Andreu Parra -- Mamadou Kheraba Drame -- Noèlia Asensi -- Pedro González -- Biographies.

ISBN

• 9788434313200 :
• 8434313200

OCLC

• 867680600
• SCSB-10159033

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library