The ruin and the shadow

2014-2016

This series of works takes the former internment camp of Rivesaltes as a starting point to address the historical memory of the Spanish Republican exile. From the site's ruins, the project examines the architectural and human traces that shape a collective emotional memory in which past and present intertwine.

Painting and intervention on photography.

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Camp, 2015, oil on canvas, 100 × 100 cm

Camp, 2015, oil on canvas, 100 × 100 cm.

Camp II, 2016, oil on canvas, 70 × 100 cm

Camp II, 2016, oil on canvas, 70 × 100 cm.

Ruins, 2014, oil on canvas, 15 × 20 cm

Rivesaltes, ruins

Rivesaltes, ruins. Various sizes

Children, 2015, scratched photograph, 15 × 23 cm. Based on a photograph from the Elsa Lüthi‑Ruth archive

Children, 2015, scratched photograph, 15 × 23 cm. Based on a photograph from the Elsa Lüthi‑Ruth archive
Children, 2015, scratched photograph, 10 × 15 cm. Based on an image found on the Internet from “Archives Municipales d’Elne Pyrénées Orientales - France”

Family, 2015, scratched photograph, 12 × 12 cm. Based on a photograph from the Elsa Lüthi‑Ruth archive.

Intervened photograph|Children with teacher, 2015, painted photograph, 10 × 15 cm. Photograph taken from the excellent book Le camp de Rivesaltes 1941/1942. Du centre d’hébergement au ‘Drançy de la zone libre’, Editions Mare Nostrum, 2001.

Children with teacher, 2015, painted photograph, 10 × 15 cm. Photograph taken from the excellent book Le camp de Rivesaltes 1941/1942. Du centre d’hébergement au ‘Drançy de la zone libre’, Editions Mare Nostrum, 2001.