Ricard Terré, (born in Spain, Sant Boi de Llobregat, 1928 – Vigo,2009) is the type of artist that belongs to the literary and visual tradition known as La España Negra. His work, pioneer in many
aspects, has been incorporated into our collective memory and enriched with posterior work from other well-known artists as Cristina García Rodero for whom Terré is their master. No one else has pictured in such a shameless way that which is hidden behind the common Spanish image of the black veils covering people’s faces during Easter.
The exhibition contains 54 photographs, original prints, representing the author’s most iconic and least known pieces.
Terré naturally explores these rituals, mixing divine and ancestral aspects, aware of the nearly extinct, by getting close up, capturing the humanity present in a culture that accepts fatalism, imperfection and deterioriation but where life always prevails. In his work we see a cross-eyed girl beautifuly clothed in a communion dress with a confused daze; another character dressed in white carrying a religious candle; an alphabet soup which once bore the name of someone who has since disappeared; a wooden or plaster board that reminds us of the beauty that once covered the degraded façades, like human beings, perennial yet keeping track of what they were: sacred saints from the past looking at us now like spectral masks.
Carolina Martinez
Until April 1
Gallery Valid Foto
Buenaventura Muñoz 6, Baixos
08018 Barcelona
