The free photography exhibition has been set up at Moll de Mestral and forms part of the partnership between BSM, Fundación MAPFRE and the Barcelona Institute of Culture (ICUB) to bring photography and the performing arts to the new Port Olímpic
This Saturday, Moll de Mestral will also host the show “Imatges en moviment” featuring dance students from the Jove Companyia IT Dansa and the Professional Dance Conservatory at the Institut del Teatre
Starting this Thursday, Port Olímpic will host the photography exhibition “Joan Andreu Puig Farran: the turbulent decade (1929-1939)” by KBr Fundación MAPFRE. The free exhibition, at Moll de Mestral, forms part of the collaboration agreement between BSM, Fundación MAPFRE and the Barcelona Institute of Culture (ICUB) to bring photography and the performing arts to the new Port Olímpic.
Specifically, it consists of 22 images selected from the exhibition by the Lleida-based graphic reporter Puig Farran (Lleida, 1904 – Barcelona, 1982) that can be visited at the KBr Fundación MAPFRE photography centre until 31 August. Puig Farran's photographs are a reflection of society in a time of intense social and political unrest.
Joan Andreu Puig Farran: the turbulent decade (1929-1939)
“Joan Andreu Puig Farran: the turbulent decade (1929-1939)” is the first exhibition dedicated to the photographer from Lleida who set up in Barcelona in 1920, Puig Farran.
The exhibition, curated by Arnau Gonzàlez i Vilalta and Toni Monné Campañà, is made up of a selection of photographs, developed for this KBr Fundación MAPFRE exhibition from the glass plates preserved by artist's heirs and a large number of original copies preserved in the documentary collections of the La Vanguardia newspaper. It also features a series of publications from the time, in which photographs by Puig Farran can be seen.
A photographer active in Catalonia in the 1930s, Joan Andreu Puig Farran (Lleida, 1904 – Barcelona, 1982) never got to exhibit his works, although his photographs were published in magazines and newspapers.
Starting in 1929, he worked as a photojournalist for several Catalan newspapers (La Humanitat, Esplai, El Matí, L’Opinió and La Vanguardia). Following the outbreak of the Civil War, he travelled to the fronts in Aragon and Mallorca. At the end of the conflict, he went into exile in France. He returned to Barcelona in 1945, but he could no longer practice photojournalism and was forced to dedicate himself to advertising and tourist photography, working for brands such as Codorniu or Gallina Blanca. It was then that he created the well-known CYP postage stamp, with his friend Antoni Campañà.
The cultural programme of the KBr Live cycle goes on
During the summer months, KBr Live will be offering its usual programme of concerts and dance at the Moll de Mestral wharf in the Port Olímpic. A series of free shows inspired by the exhibitions showing at the KBr Centre and performed by students from the Conservatori Liceu and the Institut del Teatre.
This Saturday 21 June, at 7.30 pm, Moll de Mestral will also host the show “Imatges en moviment” featuring dance students from the Jove Companyia IT Dansa and the Professional Dance Conservatory at the Institut del Teatre. The performance is inspired by the exhibition “Edward Weston. La matèria de les formes” which can also be visited at the KBr photography centre.
