EXPOSICIONES

Minor White

Minor White

16 jun. — 6 sep. 2026

Centro de Fotografía KBr

— Barcelona

Minor White Matchstick Cove, San Mateo County, California, from the sequence Song Without Words, October 12, 1947 © Trustees of Princeton University Photo: Allen Chen. The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
Minor White Matchstick Cove, San Mateo County, California, from the sequence Song Without Words, October 12, 1947 © Trustees of Princeton University Photo: Allen Chen. The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
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Figura central de la fotografía norteamericana del siglo XX, aún insuficientemente conocido, Minor White (Minneapolis, 1908 – Boston, 1976) desarrolló una obra y un pensamiento que abarcan ámbitos clave en la consolidación del medio como arte. Junto a Harry Callahan y Aaron Siskind, y bajo la influencia de Alfred Stieglitz y Edward Weston, evolucionó hacia un formalismo trascendental que introduce una tensión entre objeto e imagen.

White llevó la abstracción a sus límites sin renunciar al rigor de lo real, utilizando la secuencia como vehículo expresivo para transmitir su experiencia personal y su búsqueda de lo esencial. Su obra, atravesada por un conflicto vital marcado por la falta de reconocimiento de su homosexualidad, revela una profunda dimensión emocional.

La exposición reúne cerca de 260 fotografías y material documental, proponiendo la mayor retrospectiva de su obra en Europa y revisando su legado como fotógrafo, docente y editor de Aperture.

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A central figure in twentieth-century American photography, yet still insufficiently recognized, Minor White (Minneapolis, 1908 – Boston, 1976) developed a body of work and a line of thought that encompass key areas in the consolidation of the medium as an art form. Alongside Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind, and under the influence of Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, he evolved toward a transcendental formalism that introduces a tension between object and image.

White pushed abstraction to its limits without relinquishing the rigor of the real, using sequence as an expressive vehicle to convey his personal experience and his search for the essential. His work, shaped by a personal conflict marked by the lack of recognition of his homosexuality, reveals a profound emotional dimension.

The exhibition brings together nearly 260 photographs and documentary material, presenting the most comprehensive retrospective of his work in Europe to date and reassessing his legacy as a photographer, teacher, and editor of Aperture.