I'm a snob when it comes to viewing art, ideally I like the whole gallery to myself. If the gallery spaces are large I'm content to share it with a few other viewers. Being so fussy makes it difficult to see art in the major galleries, in fact I gave up on the National Gallery (London), in about 1998 after trying three times to see the Ambassadors by Holbein. On each occasion I went to the gallery, people were packed in twenty bodies deep listening (not looking), to a guide describing the painting and the supposed meaning.
I did go back to the National a few years later when I had a few hours to kill in London, but it was worse. Even the less popular wings of the gallery were crowded with people shuffling around. But regional galleries are a different story and I can usually see an exhibition without distraction, and so it was this morning.
I enjoyed the space and the photographs. I think Rubén Afanador is always going to be Rubén Afanador, these are high contrast images but the style remains the same as his earlier work - 'Toreo'. Each one of these images could be a magazine cover which is where I would normally see them.So watch out for this exhibition if it happens to come your way, I'd heartily recommend it. And if you're near Granada you must visit Centro Cultural Memoria de Andalucía and see what's on offer.
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