Marshall Gallery recently presented “Windows to the Unexpected,” an exhibition of photographs by Spanish artist duo Albarrán Cabrera. Even though it has now ended, we wanted to show their work in L’Oeil de la Photographie. This exhibition marked the artists’ fourth solo presentation at Marshall Gallery and featured works from their most recent series, The Indestructible, alongside notable pieces from across their collaborative history.
Albarrán Cabrera, a Spanish artist duo comprising Ángel Albarrán and Anna Cabrera, continue to explore the visual intersection of ideas around memory, time, and perception. Their work resists literal interpretation, instead inviting viewers into quiet, introspective spaces where meaning unfolds subjectively. In their most recent series, The Indestructible, the artists reflect on the resilience of nature and of the unseen forces that persist despite uncertainty and change. The exhibition expands on this inquiry, presenting photographs from across their oeuvre that function as visual thresholds—moments and landscapes suspended between the familiar and the unknown. Select prints from their series The Mouth of Krishna, Kairos, and their most abstract project, Opticks, are also on view.
Albarrán Cabrera are known for their meticulous, inventive printing techniques and nuanced use of gold leaf, which lend their works a tactile, almost painterly presence that transcends photography. This process results in vibrant colors and a glowing luminosity that shifts when viewed from different angles. Each work is crafted to slow the act of looking, encouraging contemplation and a personal connection with the photograph as an object. In the latest series, which features their largest work to date, made by printing pigment inks directly onto coated sheets of gold leaves, their mastery of printmaking and materiality underscores a sense of the sublime, aligning with the philosophical origins of their prolific creative output.
Ángel Albarrán (b. 1969, Spain) and Anna Cabrera (b. 1969, Spain) have worked collaboratively since the late 1990s and are heavily influenced by literature, cinema, philosophy, and physics. Albarran Cabrera’s photographs have been exhibited in galleries and fairs in Spain, Japan, Switzerland, USA, Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Lebanon, and Italy. Private collections and institutions that house their photographs include Hermès, Sammlung Goetz, The German Bundestag’s Art Collection, Banco de Santander and De Nederlandsche Bank among others. They have collaborated with publishers such as Adelphi Edizioni, Mondadori Libri, Penguin Random House, Diogenes Verlag, RM Verlag, and Ediciones Atalanta, and have published eight books featuring their photography. The artists are based in Barcelona, Spain.
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