The Espacio Cultural Serrería Belga will host an exhibition from 3 June to 13 July as part of the Official Section of the PHotoESPAÑA 2025 festival, which invites reflection on recent history through photography from the prestigious Helga de Alvear Collection. Through these works, it spans a century of transformation of the European landscape through architecture and photography, from Eugène Atget to the Düsseldorf School.
Curated by Sandra Guimarães and María Jesús Ávila, the exhibition focuses on the transformation of urban spaces, setting aside portraits and landscapes. Focusing on buildings, interiors and industrial structures, it proposes a visual narrative on the passage of time and contemporary identity. The journey begins with the technical precision of New Objectivity and culminates with the modern digital manipulation, showing how photography swings between document and fiction.
This exhibition displays the work of artists like Eugène Atget, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Mario von Bucovich, Janos Frecot, Hein Gorny, Andreas Gursky, Candida Höfer, Axel Hütte, Thomas Ruff, Hugo Schmölz, Josef Stoffels, Cami Stone, Sasha Stone, Thomas Struth, Frank Thiel, Paul Wolff and the Düsseldorf School, through three key moments of the 20th century: the post-war period, the industrial crisis and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
It must be pointed out that the name of this exhibition coincides with the title of the latest edition of the PHotoESPAÑA 2025 festival, After Everything, through which themes like the historic evolution of photographic practice and its relevance in light of the social, political, historic and cultural environment, not only as a document but also as a creative tool in times of uncertainty, will be explored.
Image Credits:
- Thomas Ruff, Häuser, 1988-1989. Courtesy of the Helga de Alvear Museum, Caceres
- Andreas Gursky, Hong Kong, Island, 1994. Courtesy of the Helga de Alvear Museum, Caceres
- Candida Höfer, Villa Medici Rome I, 2001. Courtesy of the Helga de Alvear Museum, Caceres
- Axel Hütte, Archaeological Museum, Venice, 1985. Courtesy of the Helga de Alvear Museum, Caceres
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