Mariano Zuzunaga
Bio
Mariano began his career as a photographer in 1972 with work inspired by the work of Alexander Calder. He studied music, photography and history. Since 1975 he lives in Barcelona. In 1980 his work received early recognition when it was exhibited at the Joan Miró Foundation. Among the public and private institutions that have his works, the following stand out: The Museum of Modern Art - New York, the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, The Museum of Fine Arts- Houston (Allan Chasanoff Collection), Ansel Adams Archives (Center for Creative Photography- Tucson), the Joan Miró Foundation of Barcelona, the Tapiés Foundation of Barcelona, the Lima Art Museum, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art and the Foto Colectanea Foundation. He has a degree in History and a Doctorate in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona. Founding member of The Photographer+s Company.
Statement
His work represents the singularity that is delimited within the plurality of images/spaces in which all this is offered as well as that which is immediately found beyond. If it were a space of representations and comparisons, we would find ourselves facing the usual problems. For this reason, repetitions and variations are left aside. Suddenly what is depicted is not comparable nor can it be represented. In each case each function is another. By putting one thing in the place of another, its displacement is offered not only in space but also in time. The reality that is seen through his photographic work is not the result of an invention of the need to see (sometimes more, sometimes less) than what is already seen. It even becomes, like the thought to which it honors, the result of an exaggeration that is known to be human.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
