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\n(Entrades a taquilla de sala)[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/kbr.fundacionmapfre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/weston-768.jpg” alt=”Nude %91Desnudo%93,1936 Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. Gift of the Estate of A. Richard Diebold, Jr. \u00a9 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents” title_text=”Edward Weston” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font_size=”12px” text_line_height=”1.3em” custom_margin=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Edward Weston<\/strong>
Nude<\/em>, 1936
Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. Gift of the Estate of A. Richard Diebold, Jr.
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Edward Weston<\/h1>\n

The Matter of Forms<\/h2>\n

From 12 June to 31 August 2025<\/strong>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_blurb title=”Discover the exhibition” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||divi||400″ icon_color=”#969696″ icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”25px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ header_level=”h2″ header_font_size=”18px” body_font_size=”13px” body_line_height=”1.5em” body_link_text_color=”#e4031f” icon_font_size=”25px” global_colors_info=”{}”]Strongly linked to the landscape and North American cultural history, Weston\u2019s work, in its extreme simplicity and originality, allows us to discern a unique perspective in the process of consolidating photography as an artistic medium and its significant role within the context of modernity in the visual arts. The exhibition Edward Weston. The Matter of Forms<\/em> is conceived as a retrospective that traces the different phases of the artist\u2019s photographic production, from his initial interest in Pictorialist approaches to his consolidation as one of the central figures affirming the poetic and speculative value of Straight Photography.<\/p>\n

A pioneer in the use of a modern photographic style, his work is characterized by the use of large-format cameras, producing richly detailed black-and-white images of extraordinary sharpness. His mastery of technique, combined with his love for nature and form, resulted in a body of work highlighting iconic images of still lifes, nudes, landscapes, and portraits. Co-founder of Group f\/64<\/em>, his images are key to understanding the new aesthetics and new American lifestyle that emerged in interwar United States.<\/p>\n

The exhibition consists of around two hundred photographs, grouped together with other documentary materials into seven sections. The display is conceived as a European perspective on the legacy of modern North American photography, offering an aesthetic and conceptual counterpoint to the modern photography that emerged in Europe with the early avant-garde movements.<\/p>\n

Exhibition organized with the support of the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, Tucson.<\/p>\n

Curator: Sergio Mah<\/strong>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”The Emancipation of Photography” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||divi||400″ icon_color=”#969696″ icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”25px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ header_level=”h2″ header_font_size=”18px” body_font_size=”13px” body_line_height=”1.5em” body_link_text_color=”#e4031f” icon_font_size=”25px” global_colors_info=”{}”]Edward Weston was one of the pioneers\u2014alongside Alfred Stieglitz and Paul Strand\u2014in advocating for the emancipation of photography from other artistic disciplines. His work played a decisive role in establishing, during photography\u2019s early period, the medium\u2019s aesthetic and perceptual dimensions\u2014its ability to express beauty and form in the same way as painting or sculpture.[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Figuration and Abstraction” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||divi||400″ icon_color=”#969696″ icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”25px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ header_level=”h2″ header_font_size=”18px” body_font_size=”13px” body_line_height=”1.5em” body_link_text_color=”#e4031f” icon_font_size=”25px” global_colors_info=”{}”]Weston\u2019s technical mastery of the photographic medium led him toward a formalism in which framing became one of the most significant elements of his work. He removed any anecdotal or incidental detail and focused solely on the subject of interest. Through a combination of intense realism and an emphasis on photography\u2019s two-dimensional nature, his images often verge on abstraction. In doing so, Weston demonstrates that figuration and abstraction are not mutually exclusive, but entirely compatible.[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text disabled_on=”on|on|on” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#e4151f” custom_padding=”9px||9px||true|false” custom_padding_tablet=”9px||9px||true|false” custom_padding_phone=”|9px||9px|true|true” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” disabled=”on” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Venta online de entradas a partir del 31 de mayo<\/p>\n

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Download the keys to the exhibition and the exhibition texts<\/a><\/p>\n

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“An idea, just as abstract as could be conceived by a sculptor or painter, can be expressed through ‘objective’ recording with the camera, because nature has everything that can possibly be imagined by the artist: and the camera, controlled by wisdom, goes beyond statistics.”<\/p>\n

Edward Weston<\/strong><\/p>\n

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[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Times” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||divi||400″ icon_color=”#969696″ icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”25px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ header_level=”h2″ header_font_size=”18px” body_font_size=”13px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” icon_font_size=”25px” global_colors_info=”{}”]Monday (except holidays): Closed
\nTuesday to Sunday (and holidays): from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text disabled_on=”on|on|on” _builder_version=”4.24.3″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#e4151f” custom_padding=”9px||9px||true|false” custom_padding_tablet=”9px||9px||true|false” custom_padding_phone=”|9px||9px|true|true” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” disabled=”on” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Venta online de entradas
a partir del 31 de mayo<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][dica_divi_carousel show_items_desktop=”1″ show_items_tablet=”1″ multislide=”on” transition_duration=”6500″ loop=”on” autoplay=”on” hoverpause=”on” advanced_effect=”1″ arrow_nav_color=” #e4151e” overlay_color_field_bgcolor=”rgba(255,255,255,0.85)” disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”][dica_divi_carouselitem button_url_new_window=”1″ image=”https:\/\/kbr.fundacionmapfre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/weston-01-768.jpg” image_alt=”Edward Weston<\/strong> Prologue to a Sad Spring, 1920 Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. Johan Hagemeyer Collection \/ Adquisici\u00f3” content_padding=”5px||0||false|true” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ body_font_size=”11px” body_line_height=”1.5em” global_colors_info=”{}”]Edward Weston<\/strong>
\nPrologue to a Sad Spring<\/em>, 1920
\nCenter for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. Johan Hagemeyer Collection \/ Adquisici\u00f3
\n\u00a9 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem button_url_new_window=”1″ image=”https:\/\/kbr.fundacionmapfre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/weston-02-768.jpg” image_alt=”Edward Weston<\/strong> Guadalupe Mar\u00edn de Rivera, 1924 Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. Edward Weston Archive \u00a9 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents” content_padding=”5px||0||false|true” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ body_font_size=”11px” body_line_height=”1.5em” global_colors_info=”{}”]Edward Weston<\/strong>
\nGuadalupe Marín de Rivera<\/em>, 1924
Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. Edward Weston Archive
© Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem button_url_new_window=”1″ image=”https:\/\/kbr.fundacionmapfre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/weston-03-768.jpg” image_alt=”Edward Weston<\/strong> Two Shells, 1927 Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. Edward Weston Archive \u00a9 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents” content_padding=”5px||0||false|true” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ body_font_size=”11px” body_line_height=”1.5em” global_colors_info=”{}”]Edward Weston<\/strong>
\nTwo Shells<\/em>, 1927
Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. Edward Weston Archive
© Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem button_url_new_window=”1″ image=”https:\/\/kbr.fundacionmapfre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/weston-04-768.jpg” image_alt=”Edward Weston<\/strong> Dunes, Oceano, 1936 Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. Edward Weston Archive \u00a9 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents” content_padding=”5px||0||false|true” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ body_font_size=”11px” body_line_height=”1.5em” global_colors_info=”{}”]Edward Weston<\/strong>
\nDunes<\/em>, Oceano, 1936
Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona.
Edward Weston Archive
© Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][\/dica_divi_carousel][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_testimonial _builder_version=”4.27.4″ body_text_align=”center” body_font_size=”18px” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||25px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]”I dare to be irrational, or really never consider whether I am or not. This keeps me fluid, open to fresh impulse, free from formulae. Our time is becoming more and more bound by logic, absolute rationalism; this is a straitjacket \u2014 it is the boredom and narrowness which rises directly from mediocre mass thinking. The great scientist dares to differ from accepted \u2018facts\u2019 \u2014 think irrationally \u2014 let the artist do likewise.”[\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”|700|||||||” text_font_size=”14px” background_color=”#f5f5f5″ text_orientation=”right” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”10px|15px|15px|15px|false|true” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Edward Weston<\/p>\n

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