PABLO GENOVÉS (Madrid, 1959). "Bibliotek. Digigraphie ultrachrome k3 inks on Hahnemühle, copy 1/5.

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  PABLO GENOVÉS (Madrid, 1959). "Bibliotek. Digigraphie ultrachrome k3 inks on Hahnemühle, copy 1/5. Attached label identifying the Digigraphic Workshop. Measurements: 174 x 160 cm; 196 x 182 cm (frame). In the series "Precipitates", opulent baroque and neoclassical buildings, symbols of the ideological, economic and cultural power of old Europe, are flooded by raging seas, overflowing rivers, waters that rise vertiginously dragging masses of ice or destroyed by fire. In the collages, the angry waves, the water, the broken ice, the invading branches and the peeling walls, are an evocation of the sublime romantic landscape, representing the dominion of nature over man. Everything is flooded, burned and razed to the ground after the catastrophe: palaces, cathedrals, museums, bandstands, theaters and libraries. Pablo Genovés' visionary photomontages are a metaphor for the disappearance of human civilization on the planet. His fascinating nightmarish images, in which the human figure is not represented, cause a sense of fear and admiration in the viewer and convey the idea of the urgency of establishing a new relationship between humans and the earth that is not based on its plundering. Pablo Genovés is a Spanish photographer who uses photographic-digital and pictorial techniques. In his beginnings he painted directly on the photographs, adding abundant colors; later he changed his criteria to black and white with very sporadic color additions. His work explores the concepts of memory, past and reality, his combination of photography and painting gives his images a character of their own. In this mixture of languages, he seeks to show the pros and cons of human existence. Some of his photographic series show luxurious architectural spaces (palaces, libraries, theaters) under the effects of the forces of nature.3 These photographs are composed of earlier, anonymous ones, which the artist found in street markets and digitally manipulated.
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