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David Garcia (Spain)

Susan Sontang claimed the need "to recover our senses" in On Criticism. David García (Spain) wished to entitle this series of photographies Interiors. In this series there is not human presence yet we feel the human presence everywhere. All the images have been taken at Madrid and its outskirts. Fascinated with portraits, David García challenges himself and the viewer to capture the other side of the soul that the city hides. As a patience walker the artist reveals a gaze with is not only different but intimate. To borrow again Sontang's expression, David García does not need to express what it means since everything is there to be seen.

David García (1975) has studied Journalism and Photography in Spain. He works for different press media as a free lance photographer.

"Semblanzas de un mundo en decadencia, que todavía conserva algunos momentos de dulzura poética, entre márgenes de abandono, destrucción y muerte. Espacios anónimos, de instantes anónimos, que recogen dispersiones generadas en el continuo caminar de la vida. Imágenes encontradas, que reflejan experiencias pasadas y vividas, y que se enfrentan a nuestro bagaje emocional, ofreciendo un resultado diferente para todo el que puede observarlas. Cada momento es único, cada escenario es único, cada respuesta es única. Todo es real, y todos aportamos nuestra irrealidad constructiva. ¿Y el autor?. Solamente inicia el proceso." (David Garcia, 2010)

 

Other works:

 

Lienzo en blanco (2010), Mineral Pigments on Cotton Paper, 70 x 105 cm.	Después de la escena (2010), Mineral Pigments on Cotton Paper, 70 x 105 cm.	Bellas vistas (2010), Mineral Pigments on Cotton Paper, 70 x 105 cm.	La hora del té (2010), Mineral Pigments on Cotton Paper, 70 x 105 cm.	Diáfano (2010), Mineral Pigments on Cotton Paper, 70 x 105 cm.	Naturaleza viva (2010), Mineral Pigments on Cotton Paper, 70 x 105 cm.
Mi rincón favorito (2010), Mineral Pigments on Cotton Paper, 70 x 105 cm.	Equilibrio (2010), Mineral Pigments on Cotton Paper, 70 x 105 cm.	Azca (2010), Mineral Pigments on Cotton Paper, 70 x 105 cm.	Espacios divididos (2010), Mineral Pigments on Cotton Paper, 70 x 105 cm.	Recuerdos (2010), Mineral Pigments on Cotton Paper, 70 x 105 cm.	Epílogo (2010), Mineral Pigments on Cotton Paper, 70 x 105 cm.

Limited edition of ten copies of each original. All of them are numbered and signed. Printed in mineral pigments on cotton paper.