Review: Manuel Alvarez Bravo - Quetzalcoat
Self-Portraits are rare in the work of the great Mexican photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo (1902-2002), but there is one in this show - supported by the Mexican Embassy to mark 200 years of independence and also coinciding with the luxurious new Thames & Hudson book 'Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Photopoetry'. The selection as a whole is varied, ranging from a 1930's poultry shop to deer made from bread, from a nude in vegetation to a skeletal hand, from a plantain to feet in a puddle, all tinged with an apparently effortless surrealism. Steering clear of Bravo's most-reproduced images, this show make a fresh case for his distinctive combination of tradition and innovation.
Event Date: 16 Sep 2010 to 06 Nov 2010
| Review Date | 13 Oct 2010 19:59 |
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