Masterclass
with Joan Fontcuberta

  Wednesday / 20 Mar 
 Free admission with prior withdrawal of invitation until full capacity is reached.
MUN Theatre

The artist Joan Fontcuberta will share with the public the keys of his artistic career and of the exhibition Florilegium

Joan Fontcuberta (Barcelona, 1955) is considered one of the most relevant photographers in Europe today and one of the most respected and recognized voices on the international scene. He is the only Spanish artist to be awarded the Hasselblad Foundation Prize (2013) -one of the most important photography prizes- in recognition of "one of the most inventive contemporary photographers, whose trajectory of constant research into the photographic medium spans four decades".

His work is distinguished by an original and playful conceptual approach that explores photographic conventions, systems of representation and regimes of truth. Fontcuberta questions the concepts of science and fiction in interdisciplinary projects that go beyond the limits of the museum space.

He has also been distinguished in 1994 as Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture, with the National Photography Award in 1998 and the National Essay Award in 2011. Apart from his artistic work, Fontcuberta has developed a multidisciplinary activity in the world of photography as a teacher, critic, historian and exhibition curator.