Masterclass with Joan Fontcuberta

  Wednesday, March 20 
 Free admission upon collection of invitation until full capacity is reached.
MUN Theater

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

Joan Fontcuberta (Barcelona, 1955) is considered one of Europe's most important contemporary photographers and one of the most respected and recognized voices on the international scene. He is the only Spanish artist to have been awarded the Hasselblad Foundation Prize (2013)—one of the most important prizes in photography—in recognition of "one of the most inventive contemporary photographers, whose career 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 was also honored 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 career in the world of photography as a teacher, critic, historian, and exhibition curator.