Barcelona
Visual Culture, Space and Power
Distributed for University of Wales Press
255 pages
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8 color plates, 44 halftones
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6 x 9
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© 2012
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Table of Contents
Contents
Series Editors’ Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Introduction: ‘Butterflying Barcelona’
Helena Buffery and Carlota Caulfield
Part I: Avant-Garde Histories and Catalonia
1. Breaking Boundaries: A Journey through the Catalan Avant-Garde
Carlota Caulfield
2. On the Starfish Road: Surrealism and the Paris–Barcelona Connection
Stephen Forcer
3. The Lyrical Taboos of Guillem Viladot
P. Louise Johnson
4. Cafè Central: a groundbreaking independent publishing house in Barcelona. Interview with Antoni Clapés
Carlota Caulfield
Part II: Butterflying Barcelona: The Environment
5. The Case for Obsolescence: Thinking Time and Space in Joaquim Jordà’s Numax presenta
Maria Paz Balibrea
6. Whose Vanguardist City? The Barcelona Urban Model as Seen from the Periphery in José Luis Guérin’s En construcción
Natalia Nuñez
7. The Raval on Stage: Limits and Borders in Juan Mayorga’s Hamelin
Elisenda Marcer
8. Translating the Enigma: Temporality and Subjectivity in Ventura Pons’s Barcelona: un mapa
Josep-Anton Fernàndez
9. Empowerment by Visualization: Experiences from Barcelona
Lidewij Tummers
Part III: Performing Barcelona
10. Tracing the City through the URBS Project
Helena Buffery and Àngels Margarit
11. Performing Barcelona: Cultural Tourism, Geography and Identity
Maria M. Delgado
12. Absent Bodies and Objects
Cariad Astles
13. A Broken Mirror? Global-Local Images of Barcelona
Anna Wilson
14. Talking about Visual Poetry: Interviews with J. M. Calleja, Gustavo Vega and Xavier Canals
Carlota Caulfield et al.
Works Cited
Index
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Introduction: ‘Butterflying Barcelona’
Helena Buffery and Carlota Caulfield
Part I: Avant-Garde Histories and Catalonia
1. Breaking Boundaries: A Journey through the Catalan Avant-Garde
Carlota Caulfield
2. On the Starfish Road: Surrealism and the Paris–Barcelona Connection
Stephen Forcer
3. The Lyrical Taboos of Guillem Viladot
P. Louise Johnson
4. Cafè Central: a groundbreaking independent publishing house in Barcelona. Interview with Antoni Clapés
Carlota Caulfield
Part II: Butterflying Barcelona: The Environment
5. The Case for Obsolescence: Thinking Time and Space in Joaquim Jordà’s Numax presenta
Maria Paz Balibrea
6. Whose Vanguardist City? The Barcelona Urban Model as Seen from the Periphery in José Luis Guérin’s En construcción
Natalia Nuñez
7. The Raval on Stage: Limits and Borders in Juan Mayorga’s Hamelin
Elisenda Marcer
8. Translating the Enigma: Temporality and Subjectivity in Ventura Pons’s Barcelona: un mapa
Josep-Anton Fernàndez
9. Empowerment by Visualization: Experiences from Barcelona
Lidewij Tummers
Part III: Performing Barcelona
10. Tracing the City through the URBS Project
Helena Buffery and Àngels Margarit
11. Performing Barcelona: Cultural Tourism, Geography and Identity
Maria M. Delgado
12. Absent Bodies and Objects
Cariad Astles
13. A Broken Mirror? Global-Local Images of Barcelona
Anna Wilson
14. Talking about Visual Poetry: Interviews with J. M. Calleja, Gustavo Vega and Xavier Canals
Carlota Caulfield et al.
Works Cited
Index
Review Quotes
Choice
“[Barcelona’s] depth and detail are quite impressive. Recommended.”
Sharon Feldman, University of Richmond
“This volume offers a fascinating and visually engaging portrait of how artists from multiple disciplines have employed innovative aesthetic practices to negotiate the urban environment of Barcelona, appealing to readers interested in the relationship between culture and European cityscapes.”
Robert Davidson, University of Toronto
“Barcelona: Visual Culture, Space, and Power pushes ongoing discussions of Barcelona, its space, and art in new directions. Through a series of thoughtful essays by leading critics, this edited volume provides an intriguing interdisciplinary treatment of a city that continues to enthrall and challenge both locals and visitors alike.”
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