García García
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Dates2017 - Ongoing
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Author
- Topics Fine Art, Documentary, Archive
- Locations Avilés, Spain, Bristol, Madrid
García García is a project that responds to the figure of my late grandfather, using his personal archive to formulate my ruminations on subjects like anonymity, legacy and ideology.
García is the most common surname in Spanish speaking countries.
My grandfather, Fermín García García (1911-1997), is a figure that I only got to imagine through the photographs he left, the words he wrote and the anecdotes that my mother would narrate about him. This puzzle of elements strengthened my connection with him and created a sort of legendary character in my head, a hero who was of my own.
Through this work, I aim to bring this relationship into visual responses, reflecting also on those beliefs that separate us from each other and the lives that we experienced.