“Paisajes de un exilio“

(Landscapes of an Exile)

Photography Exhibition / 9th - 17th February 2015

The aritsit will be available for book signings and the publisher Montse Puig will be here to present ANÓMALAS.

Opening Tuesday 10th FEBRUARY 2015 – 20:00

“...What do all exiles have in common, starting with the first, that of Ulises, who took twenty years to return to his island after the Trojan war? Maybe a sense of unreality.”

MONDO GALERIA presents the solo exhibition of Rif Spanhi (Mallorca 1972). In this exhibition we will be able to discover the work he completed in the Algerian Sahara.

The photographs from the exhibition are compiled in the book “Paisajes de un exilo,” published by Ediciones Anómales in 2012 to present a poetic photographic vision concerning the tragic reality of exiles. Tindouf camps become a vehicle to transport us within the psyche of an exile: a sense of distance, uprooting, and a deep understanding of the human condition.

Time is only capable of moving forward, it cannot stop. These photos where made with a pinhole camera to accentuate this idea and present a dreamy mist, representing the irrevocable condition of human memory and inviting us to re-interpret the artist’s vision, which abstracts the experience to the very essence of human sensation.

Against the continuous stream of hyper-realistic images that illustrate today’s conflicts, Spanhi’s haikus penetrate much deeper than simply the surface of one’s retina. They memorialize, question and involve.

This photography exhibition was realized thanks to Anna Sever (ASA Agency). On the opening night the artist will be available for book signings and accompanied by his publisher Montse Puig (Anomalous Editions), with mention of connected authors José Manuel Navia, Israel Ariño and Salvi Danés.

About Rif Spanhi

Rif Spanhi was born in 1972, Mallorca.

His very personal work is a reflection of his habitat. The places that we live, the landscapes we conform to – we cannot help but be shaped by them. Our relationship with the landscape – man – naturally defines Spanhi’s work.