De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985

Fernell Franco

De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985, 198514.5 x 9.5cmSign in to view price
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gelatin silver printInstituto de Visión
Description
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This black and white photograph depicts an old, dilapidated building with a balcony. The composition is striking, with the ornate balcony railing framing the scene and providing a sense of contrast against the worn, weathered walls. The image has a somber, melancholic mood, with the hanging laundry adding a touch of domesticity to the otherwise abandoned-looking structure. The artistic style suggests a documentary approach, capturing a moment in time that reflects the passage of time and the impermanence of urban spaces. The context of this work may suggest the photographer's intention to document the changing social and architectural landscape of a particular location. ...

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Fernell Franco
Artist
Fernell Franco
B.1942, Colombian

Fernell Franco’s practice took place in Cali during the seventies, a period during which the city experienced unprecedented cultural changes. Local art, literature and cinema began to show an interest in urban popular culture, as well as in the involuntary changes that opened the door to a modern and industrialized region, adding to the chaotic reality of the drugs war that had intensified during the eighties and nineties. Works by recognized creatives such as Andres Caicedo, Oscar Muñoz, Ever Astudillo, and the film directors Carlos Mayolo and Luis Ospina insisted on portraying their city, sometimes through collaborations, consolidating an important period in the history of the visual arts in Colombia. Franco’s photographs comprise series that originate from his ambulatory research throughout the cities of the continent. Prostitutes, Portraits of the city, Pacific, Demolitions, and Popular Color, among others, show his pioneering attitude towards photography as he intervenes in the photographic process with chemicals, pencils and sprays, confirming the hypothesis of the “proof as a finished work of art”. He also experiments with visual narrative elements, a theme explored throughout his career. The presentation of this artist in the Visionaries program of Instituto de Visión aims to give his work the recognition that it deserves within the history of art in Colombia, in an environment where photography has only recently acquired its rightful position among the visual arts. Franco’s single pieces (each photograph contains a specific intervention) is proof of the experimental risks that he took in crossing the boundaries between mediums in the early seventies in a provincial town in Colombia characterized by isolation and an extremely traditional arts education. In Franco’s case, he lacked a formal education and, perhaps even because of this, was able to decompose materials and erase the image on an almost parallel path to that taken by his colleague Oscar Muñoz. Apart from receiving particular local recognitions, Franco passed away in 2006 without knowing the impact and importance of his work, which is now receiving international acclaim. ...

Fernell Franco: Artworks
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985
Fernell Franco
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985, 1985
14 x 9.5cm
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985
Fernell Franco
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985, 1985
14.5 x 9.5cm
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985
Fernell Franco
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985, 1985
13 x 8cm
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985
Fernell Franco
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985, 1985
5 x 21cm
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985
Fernell Franco
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985, 1985
14 x 9.5cm
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985
Fernell Franco
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985, 1985
14.5 x 9.5cm
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985
Fernell Franco
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985, 1985
9.5 x 14cm
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985
Fernell Franco
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985, 1985
7 x 14cm
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985
Fernell Franco
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985, 1985
9 x 14cm
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985
Fernell Franco
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985, 1985
9 x 13.5cm
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985
Fernell Franco
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985, 1985
7.5 x 13cm
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985
Fernell Franco
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985, 1986
77 x 48cm
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985
Fernell Franco
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985, 1987
77 x 48cm
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985
Fernell Franco
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985, 1988
82.5 x 52.5cm
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985
Fernell Franco
De la serie: Interiores, ca. 1985, 1985
60 x 47cm
Instituto de Visión
Gallery
Instituto de Visión
Bogotá, New York City

Instituto de Vision is a Bogotá and New York based gallery for conceptual practices. Their mission is to investigate conceptual discourses that have been neglected by the official Latin American art canon. They have recovered important estates from the Latin American art of the mid century and continue to research the most enigmatic oeuvres of the region. Through a parallel program, they represent some of the most relevant contemporary practices from Colombia, Chile, North America, Venezuela, and others. Directed by three women, Instituto de Vision gives special attention to female voices, queer theories, environmental activism, the conflicts of migration, and other critical positions that challenge the established order. Using the international art scene as a platform, they are committed to give visibility and expand the work of artists that reveal critical realities and raise important questions for these contemporary subjects. ...

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