Construir y desconstruir: las prácticas de comisariado en la obra de Joan Fontcuberta = Constructing and deconstructing: the curatorial practices in Joan Fontcuberta’s work
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Joan Fontcuberta is known for his popular
"fictions", works of art that aim to question
the dogmas of the photographic medium
and the pretended objectivity of the museum
institution through fiction. However,
Fontcuberta’s career in the world of art is not
limited to the production of artwork. Artist,
critic, theorist and university professor, Fontcuberta
is a multifaceted figure in the world
of photography, while also playing an important
role on the contemporary scene as a
curator. Since 2011, in parallel to his artistic
work, he has been invited to leading festivals
to organize exhibitions on “post-photography”,
a new concept he himself developed
after the spread of the Internet and social
networks. This article aims to study Joan
Fontcuberta’s work in relation to curating
practices. Our original perspective will allow
us to review his work from a new standpoint
and connect the two facets of artist and curator
and their respective productions. Thus,
the first part of the article will analyse his artistic work through the study of Fauna, while
the second part will address his practices
as a curator and his role in the creation of
post-photography through the study of From
Here On